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      captain
      noun
      The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
      An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
      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 a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
      (aviation) A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
      One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
      A chief or leader.
      A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
      The leader of a group of workers.
      The head boy of a school.
      A maître d', a headwaiter.
      (Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
      The honorific of a captain, especially a ship's captain or a person with the military rank of captain.
      (before a descriptive word or phrase) Forms a title for a superhero seen as embodying or possessing in high degree the qualities associated with the ensuing phrase
      (humorous or ironic, by extension from the superhero sense) Forms a title or nickname for a person; typically a nonce coinage
      verb
      (transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
      (intransitive) To act as captain
      Roots
      caputcapt- · Latin · head
      Synonyms for captain
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      Where does captain come from?

      The word captain breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root capt-, from Latin caput (“head”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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