capitano

/K AA0 P IY0 T AA1 N OW0/
noun
  1. 1

    A head man.

  2. 2

    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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