1. capitano - Noun
2. Capitano - Proper noun
A head man.
One of the four stock characters of commedia dell'arte who typically appropriated the name "captain" for himself but was not one; he was often a blowhard and a swaggerer who could maintain his self-important claims only if none of the locals knew him.
Capitano (plural Capitanos)
A surname from Italian.
Eventually, however, after a long siege, Pisa was occupied by Florentines in 1406: in fact florentines corrupted the Capitano del Popolo ("People's Chieftain") Giovanni Gambacorta that opened by night the city gate of San Marco. Source: Internet
Noms de guerre Il Capitano usually has a properly showy name for himself, preferably several lines long and followed by many made-up titles and lists of relations. Source: Internet
However, all items for the training were shipped in the name of Delta Force Security and his hotel, El Capitano was used for the training. Source: Internet
Major Bloodnok of the Goon Show bears some resemblance to Il Capitano and shares many of his traits, such as lust, greed and cowardice. Source: Internet
The former is for the Capitano incarnation, who seeks to fight all the other characters and the latter is for a singing puppet. Source: Internet
Capitano was remanded to jail and will appear in Webster Town Court on the charges. Source: Internet