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Captain Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Captain?
[n] a diningroom attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
[n] the pilot ins charge of an airship [n] the naval officer in command of a military ship [n] a policeman in charge of a precinct [n] an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant [n] the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry" [n] an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [v] be the captain of a sports team Synonyms | Synonyms for Captain: chieftain | head waiter | maitre d'hotel | master | police captain | police chief | sea captain | senior pilot | skipper Related Terms | Find terms related to Captain: ADC | administer | administrate | admiral | aeronaut | aeroplaner | aeroplanist | aide | aide-de-camp | air pilot | airplanist | astronaut | aviator | bailiff | barnstormer | be master | be responsible for | beadle | beagle | birdman | boatswain | bound bailiff | brigadier | brigadier general | call the signals | carry on | castellan | catchpole | chair | chatelain | chatelaine | chicken colonel | chief engineer | chief mate | chief of police | chief of staff | chief petty officer | cloud seeder | CO | colonel | command | commandant | commander | commander in chief | commanding officer | commercial pilot | commissioned officer | commissioner | commodore | company officer | conduct | constable | control | copilot | crop-duster | deck officer | deputy | deputy sheriff | detective | direct | director | discipline | engineer | ensign | exec | executive | executive officer | fed | federal | field marshal | field officer | first lieutenant | five-star general | fleet admiral | flic | flier | four-star general | gendarme | general | general officer | generalissimo | G-man | govern | government man | governor | handle | head | head up | inspector | instructor | intendant | jemadar | jet jockey | junior officer | lead | lead on | licensed pilot | lictor | lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | lieutenant commander | lieutenant general | lieutenant junior grade | mace-bearer | major | major general | make the rules | manage | manager | maneuver | manipulate | marechal | marshal | master | mastermind | mate | mounted policeman | MP | narc | naval officer | navarch | navigating officer | navigator | OD | officer | one-star general | order | orderly officer | patrolman | patron | peace officer | petty officer | pilot | pipes | police captain | police commissioner | police constable | police inspector | police matron | police officer | police sergeant | policeman | policewoman | portreeve | prescribe | preside over | pull the strings | quarterback | quartermaster | rainmaker | rear admiral | reeve | regulate | risaldar | roundsman | ruler | run | sailing master | second mate | senior officer | sergeant | sergeant at arms | shavetail | sheriff | shipmaster | sirdar | skipper | staff officer | stand over | stunt flier | stunt man | subahdar | subaltern | sublieutenant | superintendent | supervise | take command | take the lead | test pilot | the brass | the Old Man | three-star general | tipstaff | tipstaves | top brass | trooper | two-star general | vice admiral | warrant officer | watch officer | wield authority | wingman See Also | airplane pilot | Beria | Captain Kidd | Chief Constable | commissioned military officer | commissioned naval officer | dining-room attendant | flag captain | group captain | head | Kidd | Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria | lead | leader | officer | pilot | police officer | policeman | restaurant attendant | ship's officer | William Kidd Captain In Webster's Dictionary \Cap"tain\ (k[a^]p"t[i^]n), n. [OE. capitain, captain,
OF. capitain, F. capitaine (cf. Sp. capitan, It. capitano),
LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L. caput the head. See under
{Chief}, and cf. {Chieftain}.]
1. A head, or chief officer; as:
(a) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or
battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so
though he may be employed on other service.
(b) An officer in the United States navy, next above a
commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a
colonel in the army.
(c) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel,
although not having the rank of captain.
(d) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
(e) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a
captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
(f) The foreman of a body of workmen.
(g) A person having authority over others acting in
concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain
of a football team.
A trainband captain eke was he. --Cowper.
The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the
lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day,
through all the guards. --Arbuthnot.
2. A military leader; a warrior.
Foremost captain of his time. --Tennyson.
{Captain general}.
(a) The commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the
militia.
(b) The Spanish governor of Cuba and its dependent
islands.
{Captain lieutenant}, a lieutenant with the rank and duties
of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first
company of an English regiment.
\Cap"tain\, v. t. To act as captain of; to lead. [R.] Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from existing forms. --Lowell. \Cap"tain\, a. Chief; superior. [R.] captain jewes in the carcanet. --Shak. |
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