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POST-CAPTAIN
POST-CAPTAIN
Post
"-
cap
`
tain,
n.
Defn: A
captain
of
a
war
vessel
whose
name
appeared,
or
was
"
posted,
"
in
the
seniority
list
of
the
British
navy,
as
distinguished
from
a
commander
whose
name
was
not
so
posted.
The
term
was
also
used
in
the
United
States
navy;
but
no
such
commission
as
post-captain
was
ever
recognized
in
either
service,
and
the
term
has
fallen
into
disuse.
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