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(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.

A trainband captain eke was he.

Cowper.

The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the
lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day, through all the
guards.

Arbuthnot.

2. A military leader; a
warrior.

Foremost captain of his time.

Tennyson.

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.

Cap"tain (?), v. t. To act as
captain of; to lead.

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