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Quote:If the primary aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.[Thomas Aquinas]



Definitions of: captain

Definition: A head, or chief officer

Definition: The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.

Definition: An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.

Definition: By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.

Definition: The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.

Definition: One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.

Definition: The foreman of a body of workmen.

Definition: A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team.

Definition: A military leader; a warrior.

Definition: Chief; superior.

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