The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
The head boy of a school.
A maître d', a headwaiter.
A chief or leader.
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.
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.
The master of a ship.
The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
A coach, director, or other leader.
One who jumps rope.
Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.
To captain a ship or a sports team.
To take shelter in a barn or shed.