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Captain
CAPTAIN, n.
1. Literally, a head or chief officer; appropriately, the military officer who commands a company, whether of infantry, cavalry, artillery or matrosses.
2. The commander of a ship of war, or of a merchantman. But the latter is often called a master.
3. The commander of a military band, a sense that occurs in the sciptures; as a captain of fifty.
4. A man skilled in war or military affairs; as, Lord Wellington is a great captain.
5. A chief commander. Shak. But in this sense rarely used, but in composition.
Captain-general, is the commander in chief of an army, or of the militia. The covernor of a state is Captain-General of the militia.
Captain-Lieutenant, is an officer, who with the rank of captain and pay of lieutenant, commands a company or troop. Thus the colonel of a regiment being the captain of the first company, that company is commanded by a Captain-Lieutenant.
Captain-Bashaw, or Capudan Bashaw, in Turkey, is the High Admiral.
CAPTAIN, a. Chief; valiant.
captain appears in definitions for these words:
Allowance Ashore Brevet Captain Captaincy Captainship Centuriators Chief Chieftain Chieftainry Chosen Command Commodore Company Conge Consult Designate Engage Field-officer Fight Guard Himself Instead Last Leader Lieutenant Lobate Major Master Myriarch Officer Primipilar Pursue Ranging Row Shipmaster Speak Subahdar Subaltern Tanist Troop Use Voyage
Allowance Ashore Brevet Captain Captaincy Captainship Centuriators Chief Chieftain Chieftainry Chosen Command Commodore Company Conge Consult Designate Engage Field-officer Fight Guard Himself Instead Last Leader Lieutenant Lobate Major Master Myriarch Officer Primipilar Pursue Ranging Row Shipmaster Speak Subahdar Subaltern Tanist Troop Use Voyage
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