Captain

Cap´tain Pronunciation: kăp´tĭn

A head, or chief officer

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.

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.

v. t.

To act as captain of; to lead.

Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from existing forms.

Chief; superior.

captain jewes in the carcanet.

- Shak.

Noun	1.	captain - an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
	2.	captain - the naval officer in command of a military ship Synonyms: skipper
	3.	captain - a policeman in charge of a precinct Synonyms: police captain, police chief
	4.	captain - an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship Synonyms: sea captain, skipper, master
	5.	captain - the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry" Synonyms: chieftain
	6.	captain - the pilot ins charge of an airship Synonyms: senior pilot
	7.	captain - a diningroom attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers Synonyms: headwaiter, maitre d', maitre d'hotel
Verb	1.	captain - be the captain of a sports team

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