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Definition of Flag captain
1. Noun. The captain of a flagship.
Definition of Flag captain
1. Noun. (''Royal Navy'') the captain of a flagship ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flag Captain
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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