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captain

captain (third-person singular simple present captains, present participle captaining, simple past and past participle captained)

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

captain (plural captains)

1. A chief or leader.
   • 1526, The Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 2:

     For out of the shal come a captaine, whych shall govern my people israhel.

   • 1929, Rudyard Kipling, ""The English Way"":

     Stand up-stand up, Northumberland!

     I bid you answer true,

     If Englands King has under his hand

     A Captain as good as you?

2. The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.

   The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.

3. An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
4. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
5. 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 an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
6. One of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
   • Remember the Titans

     Captains supposed to be the leader, right?

7. The leader of a group of workers.

   John Henry said to the captain, ""A man aint nothing but a man.""

8. A maître d.
   • 1977, Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey, lyricists, ""Hotel California"",

     So I called up the Captain, ""Please bring me my wine.""

     He said: ""We havent had that spirit here since 1969.""

9. (southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.

Definizione dizionario captain

	capitano
	A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore and rear admiral
	An army 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
	The person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel.

capitano di vascello

	di
	A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore and rear admiral

	vascello
	A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore and rear admiral

comandante

presidente

Altri significati:

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 an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.

(southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See '''colonel''' .

The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.

to exercise command

A maître d'.

The leader of a group of workers.

(team) captain

to act as a captain

An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.

(military rank of) captain

A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.

A chief or leader.

captain (of a warship)

One of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.

(transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

(intransitive) To act as captain

(navy) captain