Maritime

Vintena

  1. Group of twenty.
  2. Homens das vintenas or Vintenas da Marinha: Royal seamen; body of chosen seamen, where among all the men fit for service one was chosen from every twenty. See:  Viterbo, Joaquim de Santa Rosa, Elucidário das palavras, termos e frases que em Portugal antigamente se usaram… Lisbon: A. J. Fernandes Lopes, 1865. Tome II, p. 271.

Micé

  1. Messer; master (in maritime context).
  2. See also: Micer. Both 'micé' and 'micer' seem to be used to address admirals.

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