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SEA CAPTAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sea captain mean?
• SEA CAPTAIN (noun)
The noun SEA CAPTAIN has 1 sense:
1. an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
Familiarity information: SEA CAPTAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
captain; master; sea captain; skipper
Hypernyms ("sea captain" is a kind of...):
officer; ship's officer (a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel)
Instance hyponyms:
Captain Kidd; Kidd; William Kidd (Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701))
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