captain
noun /ˈkæptɪn/
/ˈkæptɪn/
- the person in charge of a ship or commercial aircraft
- Captain Cook
- The captain gave the order to abandon ship.
- The captain of the ship invited them to dine at his table.
- The captain of the plane was already announcing our arrival.
- Her husband had been a ship's captain.
- Captain Jones and his co-pilot
- an officer of fairly high rank in the navy, the army and the US air force
- Captain Lance Price
- She has since been promoted to the rank of captain.
- Her father had been a captain in the army.
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- the leader of a group of people, especially a sports team
- She's a former captain of the English national team.
- He has just been made team captain.
- The appointment of the former England captain as their new manager is bound to boost morale.
- an officer of high rank in a US police or fire department
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘chief or leader’): from Old French capitain (superseding earlier chevetaigne ‘chieftain’), from late Latin capitaneus ‘chief’, from Latin caput, capit- ‘head’.