Captain

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A chief or leader.

   “For out of the shal come a captaine, whych shall govern my people israhel.”

2. isim The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.

   “The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.”

3. isim An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.

   “"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.[…]."”

4. isim A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
5. isim A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
6. isim A rank qualifying an airline pilot to act as pilot in command of a two-pilot flight crew.
7. isim One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.

   “Captain's supposed to be the leader, right?”

8. isim The leader of a group of workers.

   “John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man."”

9. isim The head boy of a school.
10. isim A maître d', a headwaiter.

    “1977, Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey, lyricists, "Hotel California", So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."”

11. isim An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
12. fiil To act as captain
13. fiil To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
14. isim The honorific of a captain, especially a ship's captain or a person with the military rank of captain.

    “These islands were discovered by Captain Cook.”

15. isim Forms a title for a superhero seen as embodying or possessing in high degree the qualities associated with the ensuing phrase

    “Captain America; Captain Marvel; Captain Hindsight”

16. isim Forms a title or nickname for a person; typically a nonce coinage

    “Abbott has this alter ego, Captain Creepy. I mean, if he's not chatting away to the nation about his daughters' virginity, he's using anti-rape slogans to belittle the female Prime Minister.”