captain-general

  • 21captain — n. & v. n. 1 a a chief or leader. b the leader of a team, esp. in sports. c a powerful or influential person (captain of industry). 2 a the person in command of a merchant or passenger ship. b the pilot of a civil aircraft. 3 (as a title Captain) …

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  • 22general — {{11}}general (adj.) c.1200, comprehensive, inclusive, full, from L. generalis relating to all, of a whole class (contrasted with specialis), from genus (gen. generis) stock, kind (see GENUS (Cf. genus)). General store attested by 1810, American… …

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  • 23general — [13] General is one of a vast range of English words which go back ultimately to the prehistoric Indo European base *gen , *gon , *gn , denoting ‘produce’. Its Germanic offshoots include kin, kind, and probably king, but for sheer numbers it is… …

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  • 24general — [13] General is one of a vast range of English words which go back ultimately to the prehistoric Indo European base *gen , *gon , *gn , denoting ‘produce’. Its Germanic offshoots include kin, kind, and probably king, but for sheer numbers it is… …

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  • 25general — I. a. 1. Universal, of the whole (genus, class, etc.), catholic, not partial, not special, not particular. 2. Ecumenical. 3. Common, usual, ordinary. 4. Vague, indefinite, lax, ill defined, inexact, inaccurate. II. n. 1. Whole, total …

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  • 26Captain Pipe — (* vermutlich 1740; † 1818), auch Konieschquanoheel oder Hobocan genannt, war ein Häuptling der Munsee, einem Stamm der Lenni Lenape, und Mitglied des Wolf Klans. Die Lenape nannten nur ungern ihren richtigen Namen und der Gebrauch von Spitznamen …

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  • 27Captain Charles Johnson — is the British author of the 1724 book A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates, though his identity remains a mystery. No record of a captain by this name exists. Some scholars have suggested that Charles… …

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  • 28Captain Atom — ist der Titel einer Reihe von Comicpublikationen, die seit 1960 von den US amerikanischen Verlagen Charlton Comics bzw. DC Comics (seit 1982) herausgegeben wird. Die Captain Atom Comics handeln von den Abenteuer eines fiktiven Soldaten, der durch …

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  • 29Captain Pipe — (1725 ? 1818 ?), also called Hopocan, was an 18th Century chief of the Lenape ( Delaware ) Indians, and a member of the Wolf Clan. The Lenape were reluctant to tell their real names, and the use of nicknames was very common. The real name of… …

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  • 30Captain Beany — Captain Beany, born Barry Kirk, is a Welsh eccentric and celebrity charity fundraiser in Sandfields, Port Talbot, Wales. Kirk worked in the computer department of the British Petroleum chemical plant in Baglan, Neath Port Talbot, but has been… …

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