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- 1 A chief or leader.
"For out of the shal come a captaine, whych shall govern my people israhel."
- 2 The honorific of a captain, especially a ship's captain or a person with the military rank of captain.
"These islands were discovered by Captain Cook."
- 3 a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers wordnet
- 4 The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
"Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, […] naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter."
- 5 Forms a title for a superhero seen as embodying or possessing in high degree the qualities associated with the ensuing phrase
"Captain America; Captain Marvel; Captain Hindsight"
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- 6 the pilot in charge of an airship wordnet
- 7 An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
""A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.[…].""
- 8 Forms a title or nickname for a person; typically a nonce coinage broadly, humorous, ironic
"Abbott has this alter ego, Captain Creepy. I mean, if he's not chatting away to the nation about his daughters' virginity, he's using anti-rape slogans to belittle the female Prime Minister."
- 9 the naval officer in command of a military ship wordnet
- 10 A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
- 11 a policeman in charge of a precinct wordnet
- 12 A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
- 13 an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant wordnet
- 14 A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
- 15 the leader of a group of people wordnet
- 16 One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
"Captain's supposed to be the leader, right?"
- 17 an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship wordnet
- 18 The leader of a group of workers.
"John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man.""
- 19 The head boy of a school.
- 20 A maître d', a headwaiter.
"1977, Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey, lyricists, "Hotel California", So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969.""
- 21 An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel. Southern-US
- 1 To act as captain intransitive
- 2 be the captain of a sports team wordnet
- 3 To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team. transitive
Etymology
From Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of chieftain, also from Old French.
From Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of chieftain, also from Old French.
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