Sekirov Dictionary

captain

UK /ˈkæp.tɪn/US /ˈkæp.tən/

noun14

  1. a person who leads a ship and gives orders to the people on it
  2. A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
  3. A chief or leader.
  4. One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
  5. The leader of a group of workers.
  6. The head boy of a school.
  7. A maître d', a headwaiter.
  8. The honorific of a captain, especially a ship's captain or a person with the military rank of captain.
  9. An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
  10. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
  11. A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
  12. Forms a title for a superhero seen as embodying or possessing in high degree the qualities associated with the ensuing phrase
  13. (humorous) Forms a title or nickname for a person; typically a nonce coinage
  14. (Southern-US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.

verb2

  1. To act as captain
  2. To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
forms

captained · captaining · captains · Captains

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