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capataz

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish capataz.

Noun

capataz (plural capataces)

  1. boss, foreman, overseer
    • 1903, Joseph Conrad, F. M. Hueffer, Romance:
      “My gentle spirit is roused to the accomplishment of great things. I feel in me a valiance, an inspiration. I am no vulgar seller of aguardiente, like Domingo. I was born to be the capataz of the Lugarenos.”
    • 1922, Joseph Hergesheimer, Cytherea:
      The capataz of the batey gang, a tall flushed Jamaican negro, passed on a cantering white pony.

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