A chief or leader.
An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
The head boy of a school.
A maître d', a headwaiter.
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.
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
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.
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or 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 a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
The leader of a group of workers.
To act as captain
To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
A member of the Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif.
a member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann. (Normally capitalised in both cases).
a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.
A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
to deputise