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Cap
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Appendix:Variations of "cap"
Translingual
Proper noun
mul proper noun
mul Capricorni<pos:genitive>
English
Etymology 1
en captain.
Proper noun
A nickname for the captain of a team, ship, etc.
en 1967 Jan de Hartog The Captain "But listen, Cap!" he protested, momentarily falling out of his role as Midshipman Hornblower. "I haven't got any place else to go! This is where I sleep, where else do you want me to write my letters?"
en November 23, 2015 w:Mark Fergus; w:Hawk Ostby The Expanse (TV series) The Expanse 1 1 Dulcinea (The Expanse) Dulcinea Jim Holden w:Steven Strait Yeah, and now you're dreamin', Cap.
A nickname for a man generally.
en 1932 1965 w:Delos W. Lovelace King Kong 2 ‘Hi Cap! Is that the moving picture ship?’
en 2009 Matt Christopher Long Arm Quarterback: A New Football Team Sparks an Old Rivalry 9780316093989 “I'd take Vernon Dewey for my team any day.” “And their quarterback can throw,” Cap pointed out. “But we did all right, huh, Grandpa?” “You did fine,” Tully replied. “All of you did real well.” “Cap, you can throw ...”
en 2018 Ken Kenthomas Mr. Black Johnson She Worshiped 9781641384230 “Well, Cap, you seem to be a nice gentleman from a good family, but I wished you had come to me and my wife and talked to me before you two started making all these decisions.”
Descendants
ru кэп 1
Translations
A nickname for a captain
Russian: ru кэп m nautical
A nickname for a man generally
Russian: ru команди́р m, ru шеф m
Etymology 2
en Capricorn.
Noun
en astrology informal en Capricorn.
en 2022-12-08 Jake Register Everything You Need to Know About Dating a Capricorn Man Cosmopolitan (magazine) Cosmopolitan https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a25620567/capricorn-man-personality-traits/ Caps are also naturally inclined towards stability and security—they're totally different from noncommittal Sagittarius men. If you're looking for someone who's ready to commit rather than stay in a situationship, odds are that he might be a Capricorn. https://web.archive.org/web/20260103152926/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a25620567/capricorn-man-personality-traits/ 3 January 2026
See also
en Cap-enese
Anagrams
en acp PAC CPA PCA Pac ACP pac APC Pac. PAc
en terms of address
French
Pronunciation
Cappe
Proper noun
m
fr Le Cap Cape Town