copper captain
English edit
Noun edit
copper captain (plural copper captains)
- A person falsely giving themselves the title of captain.
- 1777, Francis Beaumont, Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (play), page 4:
- Michael Perez, the copper captain
- 1809, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker's History of New York: (books III-VII):
- To this copper captain therefore, was confided the command of the troops.
- 1777, Francis Beaumont, Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (play), page 4:
Translations edit
a person falsely giving themselves the title of captain
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References edit
- Brewer's Phrase and Fable
- copper captain at the online public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.