Definition of Flag captain

1. Noun. The captain of a flagship.

Generic synonyms: Captain, Skipper

Definition of Flag captain

1. Noun. (''Royal Navy'') the captain of a flagship ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flag Captain

fladries
fladry
flaff
flaffed
flaffer
flaffered
flaffers
flaffing
flaffs
flag
flag, motherhood and apple pie
flag-bearer
flag-burning
flag-waver
flag-waving(a)
flag captain (current term)
flag captains
flag carrier
flag carriers
flag complex
flag days
flag down
flag flap
flag football
flag of convenience
flag of truce
flag officer
flag officers
flag pole
flag poles

Literary usage of Flag captain

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1896)
"Scarcely was the Neptune paid off before Captain Hornby took command of the Edgar (seventy-one) as Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral SC Dacres in the Channel. ..."

2. The Grand Fleet, 1914-1916: Its Creation, Development and Work by John Rushworth Jellicoe Jellicoe (1919)
"Later, Commodore L. Halsey, CMG, became Captain of the Fleet, Captain FC Dreyer, CB, Flag-Captain; Commander CM Forbes, Flag-Commander, and Fleet-Paymaster ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1841)
"Senhouse served accordingly as flag captain of his Majesty's ... When Sir Le Fleming Senhouse be. came, for the second time, flag captain to Sir H. Hotham, ..."

4. The Sea of Mountains: An Account of Lord Dufferin's Tour Through British by Molyneux St. John (1877)
"... in the Cars — The Indians in Arms —Vague Ideas — Out West —The Sioux Indian—Respect for the British Flag— Captain Cameron—A Remedy for Mosquitoes—. ..."

5. The Life of Richard, Earl Howe, K. G.: Admiral of the Fleet, and General of by John Barrow (1838)
"... marines— George II. gives the first uniform to the navy—Howe flag captain to the Duke of York in the Princess Amelia—Fire in the Princess Amelia—Becomes ..."

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