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Meanings of captain of a ship in English

Russian
капитан корабля
Portuguese
capitão
Spanish
capitán
Catalan
capità de vaixell

Commander of a ship or other sea-going vessel.

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      Examples for "captain"
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      The captain replied, 'That'll change.' Then, 'What was that you said, Ruger?'
      Zero Point
      2
      The captain looked grave; Mrs. Willoughby anxious; Beulah interested; and Maud thoughtful.
      Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
      3
      I didn't know exactly what was wrong, the former Test captain said.
      News.com.au
      4
      His captain saw this as treachery; Pietersen saw it as common sense.
      The Guardian
      5
      McGuire, Hugh H., Jr.; enlisted March 10; transferred to cavalry; captain; killed.
      The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson / In Which is T...
      1
      Only thing is, that meant having a word with the ship's captain.
      Radio NZ
      2
      The ship's captain deferred to him warily and they both went below.
      King rolen's kin: the uncrowned king
      3
      The court also convicted a Trafigura employee and a ship's captain.
      Reuters
      4
      The ship's captain logged her arrival with the name Ocean Child.
      Radio NZ
      5
      Since you're a former ship's captain, I'll consider you spokesman for your colleagues.
      The Universe — or Nothing
      1
      A container ship captain returns to Paris to sort out a family crisis.
      The Guardian
      2
      At 61, Willcox is the most senior ship captain at Greenpeace.
      The Guardian
      3
      They protected it from typhoons, an amorous Nazi ship captain and White's mother-in law.
      The Guardian
      4
      In 1792 a Boston ship captain named Gray was trading with the Pacific coast Indians.
      A School History of the United States
      5
      The wicked ship captain who carried off the boy was caught stealing many years afterward.
      Stories of American Life and Adventure
      1
      He was sold to a sea captain, but we don't know who.
      New york: the novel
      2
      Then everybody looked at the sea captain, wondering what he would do.
      Rite of Passage
      3
      Things such as an old sea captain might know, through his travels.
      Lord of Light
      4
      She was the daughter of a sea captain by his fifth wife.
      The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
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      A crazy old sea captain and a young singer who adores him.
      Heartbreak House
      Usage of captain of a ship in English
      1
      In the beginning, she was comparable to a captain of a ship.
      The new yorker
      2
      And, by and by, I might become the captain of a ship.
      Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories
      3
      Does the captain of a ship manage it better by not attending?
      A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridi...
      4
      The Lithuanian captain of a ship next to the North Sea was also taken.
      Reuters
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      It was most complicated, being the captain of a ship.
      Imprudence
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      Like the captain of a ship, I must be the last to leave the wreck.
      The Duke's Children
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      The captain of a ship of war was accustomed to receiving messages in his shirt.
      Hornblower and the Crisis
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      Besides, it never seems right to me to see the captain of a ship working.
      Carl and the Cotton Gin
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      So he went again as captain of a ship.
      Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans
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      I am; at least I ought to be, since I am the captain of a ship.
      Down the Rhine; Or, Young America in Germany
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      The captain of a ship was absent from it one day, being on board another vessel.
      The True Citizen: How to Become One
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      Henceforth, the pilot was in complete command of the aircraft, like the captain of a ship.
      Hero: the life and legend of lawrence of arabia
      13
      The captain of a ship offered ten dollars to a negro to act as his cook.
      The Forty-Niners: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dor...
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      We do not choose as captain of a ship the passenger who is of the best family.
      Pascal's Pensées
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      The very fact that the captain of a ship has such absolute authority increases his responsibility enormously.
      The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons
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      Do you know, I would sooner be a captain of a ship than a minister of state?
      Endymion