English-Thai Dictionary

captain

N กัปตัน  หัวหน้า ผู้ควบคุม เรือ  shipmaster kab-tan

 

captain

N หัวหน้า ทีม  leader commander hua-na-tim

 

captain of industry

SL นายทุน  nai-tun

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAPTAIN

n. 1. Literally, a head or chief officer; appropriately, the military officer who commands a company, whether of infantry, cavalry, artillery or matrosses.
2. The commander of a ship of war, or of a merchantman. But the latter is often called a master.
3. The commander of a military band, a sense that occurs in the sciptures; as a captain of fifty.
4. A man skilled in war or military affairs; as, Lord Wellington is a great captain.
5. A chief commander. Shak. But in this sense rarely used, but in composition.
Captain-general, is the commander in chief of an army, or of the militia. The covernor of a state is Captain-General of the militia.
Captain-Lieutenant, is an officer, who with the rank of captain and pay of lieutenant, commands a company or troop. Thus the colonel of a regiment being the captain of the first company, that company is commanded by a Captain-Lieutenant.
Captain-Bashaw, or Capudan Bashaw, in Turkey, is the High Admiral.

 

CAPTAIN

a.Chief; valiant.

 

CAPTAINCY

n. 1. The rank, post or commission of a captain.
2. The jurisdiction of a captain, or commander, as in South America.

 

CAPTAINRY

n.The power or command over a certain district; chieftainship.

 

CAPTAINSHIP

n. 1. The condition or post of a captain or chief commander.
2. The rank, quality or post of a captain. In lieu of this captaincy is now used.
3. The command of a clan, or government of a certain district.
4. Skill in military affairs.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAPTAIN

Cap "tain, n. Etym: [OE. capitain, captain, OF. capitain, F. capitaine (cf. Sp. capitan, It. capitano ), LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L. caput the head. See under Chief, and cf. Chieftain. ]

 

1. A head, or chief officer; as: (a ) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service. (b ) An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the ermy. (c ) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain. (d ) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel. (e ) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc. (f ) The foreman of a body of workmen.(g ) A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team. A trainband captain eke was he. Cowper. The Rhodian captain, relying on. .. the lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day, through all the guards. Arbuthnot.

 

2. A military leader; a warrior. Foremost captain of his time. Tennyson. Captain general. (a ) The commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the militia. (b ) The Spanish governor of Cuba and its dependent islands. -- Captain lieutenant, a lieutenant with the rank and duties of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first company of an English regiment.

 

CAPTAIN

CAPTAIN Cap "tain, v. t.

 

Defn: To act as captain of; to lead. [R.] Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from existing forms. Lowell.

 

CAPTAIN

CAPTAIN Cap "tain, a.

 

Defn: Chief; superior. [R.] captain jewes in the carcanet. Shak.

 

CAPTAINCY

Cap "tain *cy, n.; pl. Captaincies (.

 

Defn: The rank, post, or commission of a captain. Washington. Captaincy general, the office, power, teritory, or jurisdiction of a captain general; as, the captaincy general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands ).

 

CAPTAINRY

Cap "tain *ry, n. Etym: [Cf. F. capitainerie.]

 

Defn: Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship. [Obs. ]

 

CAPTAINSHIP

CAPTAINSHIP Cap "tain *ship, n.

 

1. The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander. "To take the captainship. " Shak.

 

2. Military skill; as, to show good captainship.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

captain

cap tain |ˈkaptən ˈkæptən | ▶noun the person in command of a ship. • the pilot in command of a civil aircraft. • a naval officer of high rank, in particular (in the US Navy or Coast Guard ) an officer ranking above commander and below commodore. • an army officer of high rank, in particular (in the US Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force ) an officer ranking above first lieutenant and below major. • a police officer in charge of a precinct, ranking below a chief: captain of the 20th precinct. • the head of a precinct's fire department. • the leader of a team, esp. in sports. • a powerful or influential person in a particular field: a captain of industry. • a political party leader in a local district. • a supervisor of waiters or bellboys. ▶verb [ with obj. ] be the captain of (a ship, aircraft, or sports team ). DERIVATIVES cap tain cy |-tənsē |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the general sense ‘chief or leader ’): from Old French capitain (superseding earlier chevetaigne ‘chieftain ’), from late Latin capitaneus ‘chief, ’ from Latin caput, capit- ‘head. ’

 

Captain Cooker

Cap |tain Cook ¦er |ˌkaptɪn ˈkʊkə | ▶noun NZ a wild boar. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after Captain J. Cook (see Cook, Captain James ), who brought domesticated pigs (from which the wild boar is supposedly descended ) to New Zealand.

 

captain general

cap tain gen er al |ˈkæptən ˈʤɛn (ə )rəl | ▶noun an honorary rank of senior officer in the British army, most commonly in an artillery regiment.

 

captain's chair

cap tain's chair ▶noun a wooden chair with a row of vertical spindles supporting a bar that forms the back and armrests.

 

captain's mast

cap tain's mast ▶noun see mast 1.

 

Oxford Dictionary

captain

cap |tain |ˈkaptɪn | ▶noun 1 the person in command of a ship. • the pilot in command of a civil aircraft. • a rank of naval officer above commander and below commodore. • a rank of officer in the army and in the US and Canadian air forces, above lieutenant and below major. 2 the leader of a team, especially in sports. • a powerful or influential person in a particular field: a captain of industry. • Brit. a head boy or girl in a school. • N. Amer. a supervisor of waiters or bellboys. 3 (in the US ) a police officer in charge of a precinct, ranking below a chief. ▶verb [ with obj. ] be the captain of (a ship, aircraft, or sports team ). DERIVATIVES captaincy noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the general sense ‘chief or leader ’): from Old French capitain (superseding earlier chevetaigne ‘chieftain ’), from late Latin capitaneus ‘chief ’, from Latin caput, capit- ‘head ’.

 

Captain Cooker

Cap |tain Cook ¦er |ˌkaptɪn ˈkʊkə | ▶noun NZ a wild boar. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after Captain J. Cook (see Cook, Captain James ), who brought domesticated pigs (from which the wild boar is supposedly descended ) to New Zealand.

 

captain general

cap |tain gen |eral ▶noun an honorary rank of senior officer in the British army, most commonly in an artillery regiment.

 

captain's chair

captain's chair ▶noun a wooden chair with a back that curves round to form armrests.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

captain

captain noun 1 the ship's captain: commander, master; informal skipper. 2 the team captain: leader, head; informal boss, skipper. 3 a captain of industry: magnate, tycoon, industrialist; chief, head, leader, principal; informal boss, number one, bigwig, big shot, big gun, big cheese, big kahuna, honcho, top dog, top banana. ▶verb a vessel captained by a cutthroat: command, run, be in charge of, control, manage, govern; informal skipper.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

captain

captain noun 1 the ship's captain: commander, master, skipper; informal old man. 2 the cup was presented to the winning team's captain: leader, head, skipper; representative, figurehead; informal boss. 3 a captain of industry: magnate, tycoon, mogul, grandee, baron, nabob, mandarin, industrialist; chief, head, leader, boss, principal; informal number one, bigwig, big wheel, big cheese, big shot, big gun, big noise, top dog, fat cat; N. Amer. informal honcho, kahuna, top banana, big enchilada, macher. ▶verb a small vessel captained by a cut-throat: command, skipper, run, be in charge of, have charge of, control, have control of, govern, preside over, direct, rule, manage, supervise, superintend.

 

Duden Dictionary

Captain

Cap tain Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈkɛptn̩ |der Captain; Genitiv: des Captains, Plural: die Captains englisch captain 1 schweizerisch Mannschaftsführer, -sprecher 2 englische Bezeichnung für Kapitän

 

Sanseido Dictionary

CAPTAIN

CAPTAIN キャプテン 〖 Character and Pattern Telephone Access Information Network 〗 →キャプテン

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

captain

cap tain /kǽpt (ə )n |-tɪn / (!( 海事や呼びかけでまた /kǽp (ə )n /)) 〖語源は 「頭 （かしら ）」(head )〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 〖時に呼びかけで 〗船長 , 艦長 ; 機長 .2 (スポーツチームなどの )キャプテン , 主将 ; ｟英 ｠(工場などの )現地主任, (学級の )級長 ▸ You are (the ) captain of the team .君がチームのキャプテンだ (!通例無冠詞 ) 3 (集団などの )長 ; 指導者 , 指揮者 ▸ captains of industry 産業界の指導者, 大実業家 4 〖時に呼びかけで 〗陸軍大尉 〘陸軍の尉官の最上位 〙; 海軍大佐 ; ｟米 ｠空軍 [海兵隊 ]大尉 ▸ a captain general 総司令官 5 ｟米 ｠(警察組織の )警部 ; 分署長 .6 ｟米 ｠(ホテル 食堂などの )ボーイ長 .動詞 他動詞 〈人が 〉〈チーム 人など 〉を指揮 [統率 ]する ; …の長 [キャプテン ]を務める .

 

captaincy

c á p tain cy /-si /名詞 複 -cies U C 〖しばしばthe /one's ～〗キャプテンの地位 [職位期間 ].