captain

Definitions

• A chief or leader.
• The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
• An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
• A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
• A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, United States Coast Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned NOAA Corps, or Public Health Service Commissioned PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to an United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
• One of the athletes on a sports team who is designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
• The leader of a group of workers.
• The head boy of a school.
• A maître d', a headwaiter.
• (southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.