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Captain ˈkæptɪn Team Noun Bre Cook Gave Order

Word captain
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈkæptɪn / NAmE / ˈkæptɪn /
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  • captain cook
  • the captain gave the order to abandon ship.
  • captain jones and his co-pilot
  • captain lance price
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captain

(noun)BrE / ˈkæptɪn / NAmE / ˈkæptɪn /
  1. the person in charge of a ship or commercial aircraft
    • See related entries: People in air travel
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/people_in_air_travel/captain_2
    • Captain Cook
    • The captain gave the order to abandon ship.
    • 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
  3. the leader of a group of people, especially a sports team
    • She was captain of the hockey team at school.
    • He has just been made team captain.
  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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