Captain | Mean of captain in English Dictionary
/ˈkæptən/
- Noun
- a person who is in charge of a ship or an airplane
- The captain has turned off the “fasten seat belt” sign.
- Captain Ahab
- an officer of high rank in some branches of the military
- an army/navy captain
- an officer of high rank in a police or fire department
- an athlete who is chosen to be the leader of a team
- She was the captain of our team. = She was our team captain.
- Verb
- to be the captain of (something): such as
- to be in charge of (a ship or airplane)
- The ship was captained by John Smith.
- to lead (a team)
- She captained last year's team.
