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Meanings of chief mate in English

Russian
старший помощник
Portuguese
oficial náutico

Profession.

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        Examples for "first mate"
        Examples for "first mate"
        1
        The captain pointed his fork at the first mate and said, Exactly.
        Clementine
        2
        The captain, the first mate, and two seamen were at the wheel.
        A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia
        3
        He did notice that the first mate no longer paced the walk.
        Assail
        4
        He was buzzing for his first mate when the power went off.
        Gold in the Sky
        5
        He soon found that the first mate acted up to his threats.
        Owen Hartley; or, Ups and Downs: A Tale of Land and Sea
        1
        The chief officer of the postoffice department is called the postmaster general.
        Studies in Civics
        2
        In 1871 I shipped aboard a barque in Liverpool as chief officer.
        Windjammers and Sea Tramps
        3
        In the United States, the chief officer of a college or university.
        A Collection of College Words and Customs
        4
        The chief officer of the Cinque Ports was called the Lord Warden.
        A Yacht Voyage Round England
        5
        CFS assistant chief officer Malim Watts said crews would be kept busy.
        Radio NZ
        Usage of chief mate in English
        1
        On the quarter-deck was one whom I took for the chief mate.
        Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
        2
        The chief mate used to beat the men-slaves on very trifling occasions.
        The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abol...
        3
        He got the berth as what we should call a chief mate.
        Falk: A Reminiscence
        4
        The chief mate was an excellent officer,- aself-possessed ,resolute ,fineall-aroundman.
        Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1
        5
        The chief mate was an excellent officer- aself-possessed ,resolute ,fine ,all-roundman.
        The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
        6
        Russel; where I engaged, I may say, as chief mate and all hands.
        Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
        7
        If any mishap incapacitates the master, the chief mate takes charge.
        The Honour of the Flag
        8
        But I saw our chief mate carried thither more than once.
        The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
        9
        I was in the chief mate's, or port watch, as it is called.
        The Honour of the Flag
        10
        A faint snore came through the closed door of the chief mate's room.
        The Secret Sharer
        11
        This person agreed to take me as chief mate, and I shipped accordingly.
        Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
        12
        The chief mate, Mr Todd, was also chief harpooner or specksioneer.
        Peter the Whaler
        13
        The chief mate turned and called out to the helmsman inside the wheelhouse.
        And the deep blue sea
        14
        You can act no longer as chief mate of this ship.'
        The Secret Sharer
        15
        That was when I got another little surprise, which was chief mate Brew.
        English passengers
        16
        On the trip both Captain Macadam and the chief mate died of the fever.
        Richard Carvel — Volume 04
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