Captain /(kăp"tĭn)/
Cap·tain
Captain
n.
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A head, or chief officer
A trainband captain eke was he.
The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day, through all the guards.
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A military leader; a warrior.
Foremost captain of his time.
Phrases & Compounds
- Captain general
- The commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the militia.
- 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.
Captain
v. t.
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To act as captain of; to lead. [R.]
Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from existing forms.
Captain
a.
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Chief; superior. [R.]
captain jewes in the carcanet.