post captainn.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊs(t)kapt(ᵻ)n/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkæpt(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.⁵, captain n.

Etymology: < post n.⁵ + captain n.So far as the Naval Regulations are concerned the appellation post captain appears to date from about 1731–47, and to have ceased in 1824, when the rule was laid down that only officers appointed to command ‘ships of sixth rate and upwards shall henceforth be styled Captains’. But in unofficial language, the courtesy use of ‘Captain’ for the ‘Master and Commander’ of a smaller vessel, and the distinctive appellation ‘Post-Captain’, lingered to a much later period.

Now historical.

A Royal Navy officer holding the rank of full-grade captain; i.e. one commissioned as captain of a vessel of 20 guns or more (distinguished from an officer receiving the courtesy title of captain, as either acting captain or the master and commander of a smaller vessel). See post n.⁵ 4.

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1747 Order-in-Council 10 Feb. (Rank and Precedence of Officers) §11 That Post-Captains, commanding ships or vessels that do not give post, rank only as Majors during their commanding such vessels.

1796 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. lxxix Captain Miller or any other Post Captain, put into Agamemnon, and a Master and Commander acting into the Post Ship, which the Admiralty may confirm or not, as they please.

1849 R. Cobden Speeches 86 Mr. Hume's proposal is..that there shall be only one post-captain promoted to the rank of admiral, for every three admirals who may die, until the number of admirals is reduced to 100.

1903 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 55 What's an admiral after all?.. Why, 'e's only a post-captain with the pip.

1950 ‘C. S. Forester’ Mr. Midshipman Hornblower viii. 205 He could hear the midshipman of the guard boat apologising for this rough treatment of a post captain of the Royal Navy.

2003 New Yorker 4 Aug. 59/1 [After the mutiny on the Bounty] Heywood returned to naval service, and eventually rose to the rank of post captain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	post captain
释义	post captainn. Brit. /ˈpəʊs(t)kapt(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkæpt(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: post n.⁵, captain n. Etymology: < post n.⁵ + captain n.So far as the Naval Regulations are concerned the appellation post captain appears to date from about 1731–47, and to have ceased in 1824, when the rule was laid down that only officers appointed to command ‘ships of sixth rate and upwards shall henceforth be styled Captains’. But in unofficial language, the courtesy use of ‘Captain’ for the ‘Master and Commander’ of a smaller vessel, and the distinctive appellation ‘Post-Captain’, lingered to a much later period. Now historical. A Royal Navy officer holding the rank of full-grade captain; i.e. one commissioned as captain of a vessel of 20 guns or more (distinguished from an officer receiving the courtesy title of captain, as either acting captain or the master and commander of a smaller vessel). See post n.⁵ 4. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > captain > type of post captain1747 commodore1788 flag-captain1829 1747 Order-in-Council 10 Feb. (Rank and Precedence of Officers) §11 That Post-Captains, commanding ships or vessels that do not give post, rank only as Majors during their commanding such vessels. 1796 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. lxxix Captain Miller or any other Post Captain, put into Agamemnon, and a Master and Commander acting into the Post Ship, which the Admiralty may confirm or not, as they please. 1849 R. Cobden Speeches 86 Mr. Hume's proposal is..that there shall be only one post-captain promoted to the rank of admiral, for every three admirals who may die, until the number of admirals is reduced to 100. 1903 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 55 What's an admiral after all?.. Why, 'e's only a post-captain with the pip. 1950 ‘C. S. Forester’ Mr. Midshipman Hornblower viii. 205 He could hear the midshipman of the guard boat apologising for this rough treatment of a post captain of the Royal Navy. 2003 New Yorker 4 Aug. 59/1 [After the mutiny on the Bounty] Heywood returned to naval service, and eventually rose to the rank of post captain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1747
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