captain

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 the person in charge of a ship or commercial aircraft: 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: Captain Lance Price seealsoGROUPCAPTAIN 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 verb [VN] to be a captain of a sports team or a ship