Definitions for CAPTAIN

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CAPTAIN cap·tain

Spelling: [kap-tuh n, -tin]

IPA: /ˈkæp tən, -tɪn/

Captain is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 153 anagrams from letters in CAPTAIN (aacinpt).

Definitions for CAPTAIN

noun

1. a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
2. an officer ranking in most armies above a first lieutenant and below a major.
3. an officer in the U.S. Navy ranking above a commander and below a rear admiral or a commodore.
4. a military leader.
5. an officer in the police department, ranking above a lieutenant and usually below an inspector.
6. an officer of the fire department, usually in command of a company, ranking above a lieutenant and below a chief or assistant chief.
7. the commander of a merchant vessel. Compare staff captain.
8. the pilot of an airplane.
9. a local official in a political party responsible for organizing votes on a ward or precinct level.
10. Sports. the field leader of a team:
11. a person of great power and influence, especially based on economic wealth.
12. headwaiter.
13. bell captain.
14. South Midland and Southern U.S. an unofficial title of respect for a man (sometimes used humorously or ironically).

verb (used with object)

1. to lead or command as a captain.

Origin of CAPTAIN

1325-75; Middle English capitain Anglo-French capitain, captayn Late Latin capitāneus chief, equivalent to capit- (stem of caput) head + -ān(us) -an + -eus Examples for CAPTAIN

He flew with captain Irianto, 53, who had 20,000 hours experience, more than 6,000 hours on the A320.

My nickname was captain, though I was a private, first class.

They castigated the captain, a 48-year-old Indonesian, and his rookie copilot, a 24-year-old Indian.

The mate had done what he could to prejudice the captain against the boy he hated.

Same goes for the comic book character “captain America,” which Marvel announced in July would be now be portrayed as a black man.

I can't say, captain, for I don't know the man; but I don't like to trust any man too far.

"Then I can only say that captain Rushton was a party to the fraud," he said.

I have seen the letter; it is in captain Rushton's handwriting.

"If you will consult the captain, you may learn your mistake," said Robert.

My captain on the boat, Brazakka, he wanted me to do this Hemingway bit, with the white stubble, and he wanted the hero angle.