captain
A chief or leader.
Other meanings
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.
Related words
- captaincy
- captainish
- captainless
- captainlike
- captainly
- captainship
- cocaptain
- subcaptain
- undercaptain
- captainess
- captain-general
- Captain America
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "caput" (head).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “captain” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.