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Captain

speaker
speaker

Meaning

Noun

●
A
or leader.
●
The person
of a
or other vessel.
●
An
with a
between the most
of
and major.
●
A
with a
between
and commodore.
●
In Military ranks & People:
A
in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a
to a
and
to a
(lower
). A
is
in
or
to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
●
One of the
on a
team who is
to make
, and is
to
his team with a
or official.
●
The
of a group of workers.
●
The
of a school.
●
A maître
', a headwaiter.
●
In Southern US English:
An
a
person. See colonel.
●
The
of a
, especially a ship's
or a person with the
of
.
●
Forms a
for a
seen as
or
in high
the
associated with the
phrase
●
(
, from the
) Forms a
or
for a person;
a
coinage

Verb

●
To
as captain
●
To
of a
,
or
team.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

captain
English
arrow
capitaine
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
arrow
capitaneus
Latin
arrow
capita
Latin
caput
Latin
Sourced from
Etym

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