captaincy

captain | American Dictionary

captain
noun[ C ]
us/ˈkæp·tən/
a naval officer of high rank, above a commander, or a military officer of middle rank, above a lieutenant
A captain is the person in charge of a ship or aircraft.
A captain is also an officer in a police or fire department.
A captain is also the leader of a sports team.

captain

verb[ T ]us/ˈkæp·tən/
She captains the women’s rowing team.

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Policies to increase technical efficiency can operate through captains' training and extension programs.
Perhaps most noteworthy was the scarcity of farm labourers among the lieutenants, captains, and commandants who ran the movement in the parishes.
Nowhere in these documents is the foolhardy riverboat captain or locomotive engineer told directly why he should slow down.
They also entertained those naval captains who successfully escorted convoys, rewarding them with presents and personally congratulating them in published resolutions in the newspapers.
Before the war, recently promoted majors had served as captains for an average of five years and four months.
There separate deals could be cut with local coastal authorities, and if the price wasn't right the captain could simply move on.
However, when one examines this letter in the context of his other correspondence, the captain is revealed to be a malcontent.
Upon reflection, it should be apparent that the captain of the boat is committed to acting in accordance with meshing subplans.
His officials did not permit captains of ships to export food-grains beyond what were needed for actual consumption by those on board the ships.
The captain was again on the look out at night.
A war captain swears an oath when ordering his men not to retreat from an enemy.
When the captain tied down the boiler safety valve, the engines generated enormous and sometimes boiler-exploding power.
The probate records of army captains, lieutenants and surgeons burst with popular histories, travel narratives, classical texts, poetry and the latest works of fiction.
Naval captains balked at allowing scientists and engineers without any experience at sea to design ships.
A non-owner captain operating in marine fisheries has avenues to demonstrate behavior contrasting to that found in agriculture.
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