A captain is the person in charge of a ship or aircraft. A captain is also an officer in a police or fire department. A captain is also the leader of a sports team.

A captain is the person in charge of a group. The captain of a high school soccer team is usually an elected or appointed leader.

In the United States and some other countries, a captain is a police officer or firefighter of fairly senior rank.

Definition of captain noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Captain is a rank or title for commander of a military unit, commander of a ship or other vessel, or leader of a unit or organization. Captain or the Captain may also refer to:

CAPTAIN meaning: 1 : a person who is in charge of a ship or an airplane; 2 : an officer of high rank in some branches of the military

a person in authority over others: She was the captain of the field hockey team. Military an officer in the army above a first lieutenant or in the navy above a commander: the first female captain …

captain, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

word origin 1920s: from Cook, Captain James, the English explorer who first charted Australia and New Zealand

captain meaning: 1. the person in control of a ship or aircraft 2. an officer of middle rank in the army, navy, or…. Learn more.