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
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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