Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- High-crowned; pointed. [Rare.] Also spelled
copotain .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Pertaining to a hat with a high pointed crown.
Etymologies
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Perhaps an alteration of captain.
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Examples
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V. i.70 (443,2) [a copatain hat!] is, I believe, a hat with a conical crown, such as was anciently worn by well-dressed men.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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