Captain

/ˈkæp.tɪn/ · noun

Meaning

A chief or leader..

Definitions by Sense

1. A chief or leader.
2. The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
3. An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
4. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
5. 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.
6. (aviation) A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
7. 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.
8. The leader of a group of workers.

Example Sentences

For out of the shal come a captaine, whych shall govern my people israhel.

Stand up-stand up, Northumberland! / I bid you answer true, / If England's King has under his hand / A Captain as good as you?

The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.

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.

"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.[…]."

Captain's supposed to be the leader, right?

As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.

John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man."

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Word Forms

• captains
• captaining
• captained

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