captain
/ˈkæp.tən/ noun A2- A chief or leader.
- The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel. · The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.
- An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
- 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.
- A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
- 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.
- The leader of a group of workers. · John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man."
Plural captains
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“I do not know, sir; it was to fulfil the last instructions of Captain Leclere, who, when dying, gave me a packet for Marshal Bertrand.”
“And that was Policar Morrel, my uncle, who was afterwards a captain.
Come, come,” continued he, patting Edmond’s shoulder kindly, “you did very right, Dantès, to follow Captain Leclere’s instructions, and touch at Elba, although if it were known that you had conveyed a packet to the marshal, and had conversed with the emperor, it might bring you into trouble.”
O IT'S I that am the captain of a tidy little ship,
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