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Definition of Captain
1. Verb. Be the captain of a sports team.
2. Noun. An officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant.
Generic synonyms: Commissioned Military Officer
Derivative terms: Captainship
3. Noun. The naval officer in command of a military ship.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Commissioned Naval Officer
Specialized synonyms: Flag Captain
Derivative terms: Captainship, Skipper
4. Noun. A policeman in charge of a precinct.
Specialized synonyms: Chief Constable
Generic synonyms: Officer, Police Officer, Policeman
Specialized synonyms: Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria
Derivative terms: Captainship
5. Noun. An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship.
Generic synonyms: Officer, Ship's Officer
Specialized synonyms: Captain Kidd, Kidd, William Kidd
Derivative terms: Captainship, Mastership, Skipper
6. Noun. The leader of a group of people. "A captain of industry"
7. Noun. The pilot in charge of an airship.
Specialized synonyms: Group Captain
Generic synonyms: Airplane Pilot, Pilot
Derivative terms: Captainship
8. Noun. A dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers.
Generic synonyms: Dining-room Attendant, Restaurant Attendant
Definition of Captain
1. n. A head, or chief officer
2. v. t. To act as captain of; to lead.
3. a. Chief; superior.
Definition of Captain
1. Noun. A chief or leader. ¹
2. Noun. The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel. ¹
3. Noun. An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major. ¹
4. Noun. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore. ¹
5. Noun. 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. ¹
6. Noun. 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. ¹
7. Noun. The leader of a group of workers. ¹
8. Noun. A maître d'. ¹
9. Noun. (context: southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See ''colonel''. ¹
10. Verb. (intransitive) To act as captain ¹
11. Verb. (transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Captain
1. to lead or command [v -ED, -ING, -S]