capitano
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capitano noun
- A head man.
- One of the four stock characters of commedia dell'arte who typically appropriated the name "captain" for himself but was not one; he was often a blowhard and a swaggerer who could maintain his self-important claims only if none of the locals know him
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captaincapoheadmancapitainecocaptaincapitanhead manownercapitaynheadsmancapatascapatazcaptaynecaptainecap'nsubcaptain
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