captain

• Chief
• an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
• the naval officer in command of a military ship
• a policeman in charge of a precinct
• an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
• the leader of a group of people
• the pilot in charge of an airship
• a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
• be the captain of a sports team
• A head, or chief officer
• 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
• An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army
• By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain
• The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel
• One in charge of a portion of a ship´s company
• The foreman of a body of workmen
• A person having authority over others acting in concert
• A military leader
• To act as captain of
• Residential area (city, town, village) in Pakistan in Punjab
• Residential area (city, town, village) in the United States of America (USA) in Virginia

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