Definition of captain

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Captain (v. t.) To act as captain of; to lead.

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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..
Winter''s Bark :: Winter's bark () The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577..
Captain :: Captain (n.) A military leader; a warrior.
Myriarch :: Myriarch (n.) A captain or commander of ten thousand men.
Junior :: "Junior (a.) Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain..
Primage :: Primage (n.) A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain..
Lochage :: Lochage (n.) An officer who commanded a company; a captain.
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..
Subashdary :: Subashdar (n.) A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army..
Coach :: Coach (n.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain..
Gunroom :: Gunroom (n.) An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; -- called wardroom in the United States navy..
Captainship :: Captainship (n.) The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander..
Shipmaster :: Shipmaster (n.) The captain, master, or commander of a ship..
Gig :: Gig (n.) A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig..
Row :: Row (v. t.) To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge..
Captain :: Captain (n.) The foreman of a body of workmen.
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..
Commander :: Commander (n.) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army..
Primipilar :: Primipilar (a.) Of or pertaining to the captain of the vanguard of a Roman army.
Captaincy :: Captaincy (n.) The rank, post, or commission of a captain..
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