- captain - an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
--1 is a kind of commissioned military officer
- captain, skipper - the naval officer in command of a military ship
--2 is a kind of commissioned naval officer
--2 has particulars: flag captain- captain, police captain, police chief - a policeman in charge of a precinct
--3 is a kind of policeman, police officer, officer
--3 has particulars: Chief Constable; Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria- master, captain, sea captain, skipper - an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
--4 is a kind of officer, ship's officer
--4 has particulars: Kidd, William Kidd, Captain Kidd- captain, chieftain - the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry"
--5 is a kind of leader
Derived form: verb captain1 - captain, senior pilot - the pilot ins charge of an airship
--6 is a kind of pilot, airplane pilot
--6 has particulars: group captain- captain, headwaiter, maitre d'hotel, maitre d' - a diningroom attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
--7 is a kind of dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant
- captain, skipper - the naval officer in command of a military ship
- captain - be the captain of a sports team
--1 is one way to head, lead
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun captain5
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody