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captain
  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 an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
  6. One of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
  7. The leader of a group of workers.
  8. A maître d'.
  9. (Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
  10. (Internet) Someone who provides contextual information for a post. Originally a shorthand for 'Captain Obvious'.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “She maintained her bearing as the captain of the soldiers unfurled a parchment, announced her name, and made the declaration of her arrest.”
      “The captain of the industry, Oscar Siches, speaks about the maritime industry and the importance of collaboration and knowledge sharing.”
captaincy
  1. The rank or status of a captain.
  2. The jurisdiction of a captain.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Having the honor of captaincy for the first time in 45 years will be a powerful motivation.”
      “The center-forward has been nominated to take over the captaincy in the injured skipper's absence.”
      “Beneath his pleasant exterior, there is a hard edge to his personality and a ruthless side to his captaincy.”
capting
  1. Eye dialect spelling of captain.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Hasn't ye 'eard that devil's spawn of a capting an' is mates knockin' the bloomin' lights outen 'arf the crew?”
      “I tried to hearten up the Capting a bit, but 'twarn't no use.”
      “The Capting was obliged to bring him upstairs in his harms like a babby.”
captayneship
  1. Obsolete form of captainship.
captainess
  1. (rare) female captain
captaine
  1. Obsolete spelling of captain
  2. Examples:
    1. “He was a captaine in the Parliament army, under col. Massey.”
      “For out of the shal come a captaine, whych shall govern my people israhel.”
      “Here we anckered, and the Captaine went on shore, and tooke possession, vsing all such ceremonies as thereunto belong.”
captayne
  1. Obsolete form of captain.
capt
  1. Abbreviation of captain.
  2. Examples:
    1. “An away Susy flew daan th' ginnel, famously suited wi' th' way shoo'd capt 'em wi' her scholarship.”
      Capt Duffy, 54, of Clifton Moor, joined the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard in London yesterday for a Royal inspection.”
      “Its celebrated tactic was the boycott, so called from its use against Capt. Charles Boycott, a land agent who refused to concede rent reductions.”
captainship
  1. Captaincy
  2. Examples:
    1. “In the 18th century these captainships were incorporated by the crown, and the grand captainship of Bahia became the headquarters of government.”
      “A successful student, with good grades and the captainship of the volleyball team, Bündchen apparently didn't think of herself as beautiful.”
      “When the war lasted, I fared well enough, as long as I kept the captainship my friend had got me ere the woman played me false.”
captayneships
  1. plural of captayneship
captainships
  1. plural of captainship
captainesses
  1. plural of captainess
captaincies
  1. plural of captaincy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He nominated men for naval captaincies, often with comments on their godly qualities.”
      “During the first half of the 16th century, 12 captaincies were established.”
      “The captaincies created there functioned under a centralized administration in Salvador which reported directly to the Crown in Lisbon.”
captaines
  1. plural of captaine
captaynes
  1. plural of captayne
captains
captings
  1. plural of capting
capts
  1. plural of capt
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