Word Frequency
captain (ˈkæptɪn
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Definitions
noun
- the person in charge of and responsible for a vessel
- an officer of the navy who holds a rank junior to a rear admiral but senior to a commander
- an officer of the army, certain air forces, and the marine corps who holds a rank junior to a major but senior to a lieutenant
- the officer in command of a civil aircraft, usually the senior pilot
- the leader of a team in games
- a person in command over a group, organization, etc; leader ⇒
a captain of industry
- (US) a police officer in charge of a precinct
- (US & Canadian) (formerly) a head waiter
- Also called: bell captain (US & Canadian) a supervisor of bellboys in a hotel
- (Australian, informal) a person who is buying drinks for people in a bar
verb
- tr to be captain of
Derived Forms
ˈcaptaincy, ˈcaptainˌship nounWord Origin
C14: from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus chief, from Latin caput headTranslations for 'captain'
- British English: captain In the army, navy, and some other armed forces, a captain is an officer of middle rank....a captain in the army.ˈkæptɪn NOUN
- Arabic: نَقِيب
- Brazilian Portuguese: capitão capitã
- Chinese: 机长或船长
- Croatian: kapetan
- Czech: kapitán kapitánka
- Danish: kaptajn
- Dutch: kapitein
- European Spanish: capitán capitana
- Finnish: kapteeni
- French: capitaine
- German: Kapitän
- Greek: καπετάνιος
- Italian: capitano
- Japanese: 船長
- Korean: 선장
- Norwegian: kaptein
- Polish: kapitan
- Portuguese: capitão capitã
- Romanian: căpitan căpitani
- Russian: капитан
- Spanish: capitán capitana
- Swedish: kapten
- Thai: กัปตัน
- Turkish: kaptan
- Ukrainian: капітан
- Vietnamese: đại úy
- British English: captain If you captain a team or a ship, you are the captain of it. VERBHe captained the winning team that year.
- Brazilian Portuguese: capitanear
- Chinese: 率队率队隊
- European Spanish: capitanear
- French: être le capitaine de
- German: befehligen
- Italian: capitanare
- Japanese: キャプテンを務める
- Korean: 주장이 되다
- Portuguese: capitanear
- Spanish: capitanear
Example Sentences Including 'captain'
Coltart was teamed with Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance for his opening two rounds but denied he had been necessarily out to impress.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Five enforced changes include captain Andy Nicol, injured against Newport.Glasgow Herald (2001)
He knows that means finding not just a right midfielder but a new captain and a new free-kick and corner taker.Irish Times (2002)
Inside, a number of women looked up hopefully at his captain 's insignia, smiling at him with open invitation.TREASON KEEP (2001)
It took only minutes to slash his way through to their captain.TREASON KEEP (2001)
Meanwhile Jacklin - a four-time captain of the European Ryder Cup team - has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.Irish Times (2002)
There was a photograph on the cabin wall of the captain with what looked like his local kindergarten.INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)
There was no storm coming, he said, for the glass in the captain 's cabin was staying high.SHARPE'S TRAFALGAR (2001)
from a bearded man at mid on who James presumed to be the fielding side's captain.Country Life (2005)
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