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The art of being blamed for the wind and credited for the ocean.
means The position, rank, or period of being a captain — the office of command and the authority that comes with it.
from Built from "captain" plus the "-cy" suffix that names a state or office (as in "presidency" or "chaplaincy"). "Captain" itself sailed in through Old French "capitaine" from Late Latin "capitaneus," meaning "chief," rooted in Latin "caput" — head. So a captaincy is, quite literally, the condition of being the head: the same "caput" that gives us "capital," "chapter," and "decapitate."
- Cricket toll
- Many captains' batting averages drop under the strain
- Going down
- Maritime tradition says captains abandon ship last
- Armband weight
- Football captaincy rarely grants real tactical authority
- Legal teeth
- Ship captains can technically marry and arrest people
- Roman roots
- Word comes from Latin caput, meaning head
for instance
virat kohli india cricket — led india to 40 test wins and icc t20 world cup 2024 victory
ben stokes england cricket — england test captain since 2022, led ashes victory in 2023