captain


Definition: Meaning of, captain in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈkaptɪn /

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captain captains
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  1. the sailor in charge of a ship, or the pilot in charge of an aircraft
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  2. a military officer with a fairly high rank
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  3. someone who leads a team or other group of people
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  4. captain of industry someone who owns or has an important job in a big company
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
captain captained captained
Present Participle Third Person Singular
captaining captains
[transitive]
  1. to lead a group or team of people and be their captain
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  2. to be in charge of a ship, aircraft etc
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captain used in phrases

  • Ahab, Captain
    1. a character in the book MOBY-DICK by Herman Melville. Captain Ahab risks his life and the lives of everyone on his ship by hunting a large dangerous white WHALE called MOBY-DICK. Ahab is determined to kill the WHALE, but it finally sinks his ship, killing him and most of his men.
  • Bligh, Captain William
    1. (1754-?1817) an officer in the British navy who was in command of the ship HMS BOUNTY . Bligh was unpopular because he was a strict leader, so the men on his ship took power from him, and made him leave in a small boat.
  • Captain Bligh (noun)
    1. 1754-1817 british admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away
  • Captain Bob (noun)
    1. 1875-1946 explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips
  • Captain Cook
  • Captain Hicks (noun)
    1. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
  • Captain Hook
    1. an evil PIRATE (= someone who sails on the sea, attacking other ships and stealing from them) who has a metal hook in place of one of his hands, and who is the enemy of PETER PAN in the play and book PETER PAN by J. M. BARRIE
  • Captain Horatio Hornblower (noun)
    1. a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester
  • Captain James Cook (noun)
    1. 1728-1779 english navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands
  • Captain John Smith (noun)
    1. 1580-1631 english explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas
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