Translations for „captaincy“ in the English » German Dictionary

cap·tain·cy [ˈkæptɪnsi] N

1. captaincy (term):

captaincy

Führung f

her captaincy of the Welsh team was very successful

unter ihr war das walisische Team sehr erfolgreich

2. captaincy no pl (role):

captaincy

Führerschaft f

captaincy

Führung f

captaincy MIL

Befehligung f

captaincy MIL

Befehl m

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he stepped down as captain/from the captaincy

er trat als Kapitän/vom Amt des Kapitäns zurück

her captaincy of the Welsh team was very successful

unter ihr war das walisische Team sehr erfolgreich

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The failure of most captaincies was related to the resistance of the indigenous peoples, shipwrecks and internal disputes between the colonizers.

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These captaincies general should be distinguished from the ones given to almost all of the conquistadores, which was based on an older tradition.

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