That's just how Portuguese grammar works.

It's always "o capitao" and "o sargento" etc.

Doug da Rocha Holmes
Sacramento, California
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
www.dholmes.com


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It is curious that the priest wrote "THE ALFERES".  As if the person were the only one like a judge or maybe the keeper of a Lighthouse that served as an ensign .  
 

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