captain
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- noun
- /ˈkæptɪn/
- Did we vote this man captain?
- a team captain
- a captain as leader
- role of a captain
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- Yeah, you tell the captain I'm in flip flops.
Examples
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When you win something, it is the team captain who represents the team.
Academic text (2006) -
Well, I hear we got a new captain.
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The other captain wants to get moving.
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We'll raise our game, captain!
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The captain will be pleased.
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A minimum winning percentage of 50% while they were team captain was required.
Academic text (2006) -
Surveys were collected by a team captain and returned to the authors.
Academic text (1999) -
I'm also captain of the volleyball team.
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Depending on the coach, the selection of team captain was either coach-appointed or voted on by fellow teammates.
Academic text (2006) -
The captain of the football team encouraged the players to give their best during the match.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who guides and directs a group, organization, or country
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A person who leads a group or community
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A person in charge of a group who gives orders and leads them
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7.9
A person who leads a group like a tribe or clan
Person who is in charge of a ship, like a captain
Antonyms
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Compounds
- Slang
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8.9
A person who says what should have been done after they know what happened
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A senior officer in the Royal Air Force with the same rank as an army colonel
- Literature
A fictional English navy officer who becomes an admiral during the Napoleonic Wars
- Offensive
A man who keeps helping women in a way that is too much and makes him seem foolish and self-important
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Captain comes from the old Latin word caput, which means 'head', and it originally named the person at the 'head' of a group; so a captain is the leader or most important member of a team or organisation.