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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishcapitain,capteyn, fromOld Frenchcapitaine, fromLate Latincapitāneus, fromLatincaput(“head”) (Englishcap). Ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*kap-.Doublet ofchieftain, also from Old French.

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Noun

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captain (pluralcaptains)

  1. Achief orleader.
  2. The personlawfully in command of a ship or othervessel.
    Thecaptain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.
  3. Anarmyofficer with arank between the most senior grade oflieutenant andmajor.
    • 1910,Emerson Hough, chapter I, inThe Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the youngcaptain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. […]."
  4. Anaval officer with a rank betweencommander andcommodore.
  5. A commissioned officer in theUnited States Navy,Coast Guard,NOAA Corps, orPHS Corps of a grade superior to acommander and junior to arear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to aUnited StatesArmy,Marine Corps, orAir Forcecolonel.
  7. One of theathletes on asportsteam who isdesignated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with areferee orofficial.
    • 2000,Gregory Allen Howard,Remember the Titans:
      Captain's supposed to be the leader, right?
    • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, inBBC Sport:
      As Di Matteo celebrated andcaptain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.
  8. The leader of a group of workers.
    John Henry said to thecaptain, "A man ain't nothing but a man."
    • 1990, Marshall C. Eakin,A British Enterprise in Brazil:
      The assistant minecaptains then reported to the minecaptain in charge of all underground operations and subordinate only to the superintendent himself.
  9. Thehead boy of aschool.
  10. Amaître d', aheadwaiter.
    • 1977, Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey, lyricists,"Hotel California",
      So I called up theCaptain, "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."
  11. (Southern US)An honorific title given to a prominent person. Seecolonel.

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Translations

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an army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
a naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore or rear admiral
an air force officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major
the person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel
the person lawfully in command of an airliner
one of the athletes on a sports team designated to make decisions
a maître d', a headwaiter—seemaître d',‎headwaiter
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Verb

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captain (third-person singular simple presentcaptains,present participlecaptaining,simple past and past participlecaptained)

  1. (intransitive) To act as captain
  2. (transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

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Translations

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to act as a captain
to exercise command

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