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SEA CAPTAIN

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• SEA CAPTAIN (noun)
The noun SEA CAPTAIN has 1 sense:

1. an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

Familiarity information: SEA CAPTAIN used as a noun is very rare.

• SEA CAPTAIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

sea captain; skipper; captain; master

Hypernyms ("sea captain" is a kind of...):

officer; ship's officer (a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel)

Instance hyponyms:

Captain Kidd; Kidd; William Kidd (Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701))

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