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Captain ˈkæptɪn Ship Rank Noun Cook Gave Order

Word3 captain
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈkæptɪn/ /ˈkæptɪn/
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  • captain cook
  • the captain gave the order to abandon ship.
  • the captain of the ship invited them to dine at his table.
  • the captain of the plane was already announcing our arrival.
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captain

(noun)/ˈkæptɪn/ /ˈkæptɪn/
  1. the person in charge of a ship or commercial aircraft
    • SEE ALSO sea captain
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sea-captain
    • Captain Cook
    • The captain gave the order to abandon ship.
    • The captain of the ship invited them to dine at his table.
    • The captain of the plane was already announcing our arrival.
    • Her husband had been a ship's captain.
    • Captain Jones and his co-pilot
  2. an officer of fairly high rank in the navy, the army and the US air force
    • SEE ALSO group captain
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/group-captain
    • Captain Lance Price
    • She has since been promoted to the rank of captain.
    • Her father had been a captain in the army.
  3. the leader of a group of people, especially a sports team
    • She's a former captain of the English national team.
    • He has just been made team captain.
    • The appointment of the former England captain as their new manager is bound to boost morale.
  4. an officer of high rank in a US police or fire department
  5. Word Origin

    • late Middle English (in the general sense ‘chief or leader’): from Old French capitain (superseding earlier chevetaigne ‘chieftain’), from late Latin capitaneus ‘chief’, from Latin caput, capit- ‘head’.
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