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Meaning and definition for "captain" word
[noun] the pilot ins charge of an airship
[noun] the naval officer in command of a military ship
[noun] a policeman in charge of a precinct
[noun] an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
[noun] the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry"
[noun] an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
[verb] be the captain of a sports team
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(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.
Synonyms for captain
chieftain, head waiter, maitre d'hotel, master, police captain, police chief, sea captain, senior pilot, skipper
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 |
Related terms: aviator, catchpole, chief of police, colonel, commander in chief, commodore, copilot, direct, gendarme, licensed pilot, manager, marechal, mastermind, patron, peace officer, pipes, police constable, quartermaster, sirdar, staff officer, vice admiral, wingman
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Let's analyse "captain" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: NIATPAC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1885 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
captain: 1 + 1 + 9 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven. |
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