[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

captain \cap"tain\ ka^p"ti^n, n. oe. capitain, captain,
   of. capitain, f. capitaine cf. sp. capitan, it. capitano,
   ll. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. l. caput the head. see under
   chief, and cf. chieftain.
   1. a head, or chief officer; as:
      a 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.
      b an officer in the united states navy, next above a
          commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a
          colonel in the army.
      c by courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel,
          although not having the rank of captain.
      d the master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
      e one in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a
          captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
      f the foreman of a body of workmen.
      g a person having authority over others acting in
          concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain
          of a football team.
          1913 webster

                a trainband captain eke was he.   --cowper.
          1913 webster

                the rhodian captain, relying on . . . the
                lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day,
                through all the guards.           --arbuthnot.
          1913 webster

   2. a military leader; a warrior.
      1913 webster

            foremost captain of his time.         --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   captain general.
      a the commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the
          militia.
      b the spanish governor of cuba and its dependent
          islands.

   captain lieutenant, a lieutenant with the rank and duties
      of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first
      company of an english regiment.
      1913 webster
see also:
chief chieftain captain general captain lieutenant 

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