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Main Entry:
cap·tain
[
kap
-t
uh
n
,
-tin
]
/
ˈkæp
tən
,
-tɪn
/
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captain
Main Entry:
captain
Part of Speech:
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry:
Captain
Part of Speech:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example Sentences
The waiter agreed but what the
captain
did not know was the waiter took a disliking to the
captain
.
Instruct the
captain
to draw every play on the ground.
Others aboard were rescued, and the
captain
scuttled the sub because it could not be towed.
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The waiter agreed but what the
captain
did not know was the waiter took a disliking to the
captain
.
Instruct the
captain
to draw every play on the ground.
Others aboard were rescued, and the
captain
scuttled the sub because it could not be towed.
The trick is actually getting your crew to do what the
captain
says.
Some experts consider the ship's demise a fluke-it was built to ply icy waters and was helmed by an experienced
captain
.
It was the job of every pirate
captain
to determine what ships were worthy of pursuit.
Until there is political leadership, this boat has no
captain
.
Abandoning a ship in the open sea is the last thing a
captain
would order and a sailor would do.
Next to the
captain
his word is law here, and he's seldom without something to say.
Then, using the same pairs of photos, researchers asked the kids which candidate they'd choose to
captain
their ship.
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