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n. One who commands, leads, or guides others, especially:

n. The officer in command of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft.

n. A precinct commander in a police or fire department, usually ranking above a lieutenant and below a chief.

n. The designated leader of a team or crew in sports.

n. A commissioned rank in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps that is above first lieutenant and below major.

n. A commissioned rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard that is above commander and below commodore.

n. One who holds the rank of captain.

n. A figure in the forefront; a leader: a captain of industry.

n. One who supervises or directs the work of others, especially:

n. A district official for a political party.

n. A restaurant employee who is in charge of the waiters and usually attends to table seating.

n. A bell captain.

v. To act as captain of; command or direct: captained the football team.

n. A chief or leader.

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

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

n. A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.

n. 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.

n. 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.

n. The leader of a group of workers.

n. A maître d'.

n. An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.

v. To act as captain

v. To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

n. A head, or chief officer.

n. The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.

n. An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.

n. By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.

n. The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.

n. One in charge of a portion of a ship's company

n. The foreman of a body of workmen.

n. A person having authority over others acting in concert.

n. A military leader; a warrior.

v. To act as captain of; to lead.

adj. Chief; superior.

n. One who is at the head of or has authority over others; a chief; a leader; a commander, especially in military affairs.

n. More specifically

n. In the army, the officer who commands a company, whether of infantry, cavalry, or artillery.

n. In the navy, an officer next in rank above a commander, and ranking in the United States service with a colonel, and in the British with a lieutenant-colonel, and after three years' service with a colonel, in the army. Officers of this grade in the British service were formerly designated post-captains.

n. The commander or master of a merchant vessel.

n. In some of the public schools of England, a title given to the senior scholar.

n. In base-ball, rowing, etc., the head or leader of the nine, the crew, or the body of players on one side.

n. In mining, the head man or superintendent of the mining operations; the person who directs and is responsible for the miners' work. As a title, often abbreviated capt.

n. A name commonly given, in the form long-finned captain, to the fish otherwise known as the lanthorn gurnard.

[The orig. (ML.) use, but in E. later than the noun use.] Of chief rank, excellence, or value; chief; principal.

Of commanding character; fitted to lead.

To act as leader to; be captain over; command.

n. In archery: The winner of a captaincy at a shooting-match.

n. A competitor at a shooting-match or public meeting assigned to a particular target to score for the other archers and to keep order.

n. an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

n. the pilot in charge of an airship

n. the naval officer in command of a military ship

n. the leader of a group of people

n. a policeman in charge of a precinct

v. be the captain of a sports team

n. an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

n. a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

"I have heard, in the armory at Boston, a militia captain (_captain_, mind you!) give the command "Attention!" in three different ways, continually experimenting."

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