How to pronounce “captain”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A chief or leader.
• 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 naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
• 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.
• 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.
• [Verb]
• (intransitive) To act as captain
• (transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

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