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capo (kā′pō)

noun pl. capos -·pos

a device fastened over the fingerboard as of a guitar to shorten the strings uniformly and facilitate playing in a different key

Etymology: short for capotasto < It, lit., chief key < capo, chief, head (< L caput, head) + tasto, key < tastare, to touch < VL: see taste

capo2 definition

capo (kä′pō, kap′ō)

noun pl. capos -·pos

a chieftain in a criminal organization such as the Mafia

Etymology: < It, lit., head, chief

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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