captainry

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English capitainerie, from Middle French capitainerie; compare French capitainerie. By surface analysis, captain +‎ -ry. Piecewise doublet of chieftainry. === Noun === captainry (plural captainries) (obsolete or historical) Power or command over a district; chieftainship. === References === “captainry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.