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Subaltern :: Subaltern (a.) Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer..

Captain :: Captain (n.) An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army..

Sea Captain :: Sea captain () The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.

Shipmaster :: Shipmaster (n.) The captain, master, or commander of a ship..

Commodore :: Commodore (n.) An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army..

Captain :: Captain (n.) A head, or chief officer.

Nurse :: Nurse (n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place..

Captain :: Captain (n.) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.

Captainship :: Captainship (n.) The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander..

Lieutenant :: Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain..

Mate :: Mate (n.) An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate..

Skipper :: Skipper (n.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel..

Master :: Master (n.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel..

Company :: Company (n.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men..

Captaincy :: Captaincy (n.) The rank, post, or commission of a captain..

Captainship :: Captainship (n.) Military skill; as, to show good captainship..

Chieftain :: Chieftain (n.) A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan..

Reis :: Reis (n.) A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship..

Coach :: Coach (n.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain..

Major :: Major (a.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.

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