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copper captain

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copper captain (plural copper captains)

  1. 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.

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