captain
Kelime Anlamı :

1. kaptan,v.kaptanlık yap: n.kaptan.
2. başkomiser.
3. yüzbaşi.
4. DENİZ ALBAYI: A. B. D. Deniz Kuvvetleri'nde rütbesi yarbaydan (commander) yukarı ve tuğamiralden (comondore) aşağı olan subay.
5. kaptan.
6. bölük komutanı.
7. kaptanlık yapmak.
8. kaptanlık etmek.
9. lider.
10. şef.
Sahne Örnekleri :
Tanımlar :
1. one who is at the head of or has authority over others; a chief; a leader; a commander, especially in military affairs.
2. more specifically
3. in the army, the officer who commands a company, whether of infantry, cavalry, or artillery.
4. in the navy, an officer next in rank above a commander, and ranking in the united states service with a colonel, and in the british with a lieutenant-colonel, and after three years' service with a colonel, in the army. officers of this grade in the british service were formerly designated post-captains.
5. the commander or master of a merchant vessel.
6. in some of the public schools of england, a title given to the senior scholar.
7. in base-ball, rowing, etc., the head or leader of the nine, the crew, or the body of players on one side.
8. in mining, the head man or superintendent of the mining operations; the person who directs and is responsible for the miners' work. as a title, often abbreviated capt.
9. A name commonly given, in the form long-finned captain, to the fish otherwise known as the lanthorn gurnard.
10. [the orig. (ML.) use, but in E. later than the noun use.] of chief rank, excellence, or value; chief; principal.
11. of commanding character; fitted to lead.
12. to act as leader to; be captain over; command.
13. in archery: the winner of a captaincy at a shooting-match.
14. A competitor at a shooting-match or public meeting assigned to a particular target to score for the other archers and to keep order.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia