SEA CAPTAIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

Synonyms:

captain; master; sea captain; skipper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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