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Military history: Culture Start‑class

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Etymology

The derivation of the word given in the History section of this article is entirley different from that given in the article Captain (armed forces). I suspect this one is correct but the other claims to be the 'ultimate' derivation. Can someone sort it out? 143.159.170.45 (talk) 08:08, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]