cocaptain

noun

co·​cap·​tain ˈkō-ˌkap-tən 

variants or co-captain

plural cocaptains or co-captains

: one of two or more people who are captains of a side or team in a sports contest or similar activity

the cocaptains of a high school football team

Mack had been the one, all their lives, who was good at things: captain of the football team, co-captain of the basketball team, star third baseman.

—Richard Bausch

cocaptain transitive verb

or co-captain

cocaptained or co-captained; cocaptaining or co-captaining

He co-captained the football team and was an all-Coast defensive end selection.

—The New York Times

Examples of cocaptain in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And Jack was elected cocaptain ahead of this season, becoming just the second sophomore captain in the 34-year tenure of coach Mark Metropolis at St. John’s Prep. —Matty Wasserman, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023

Up front, junior cocaptain Antonia DiZoglio is the team’s returning scoring leader with 25 points last season. —Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Dec. 2022

His teammates love their cocaptain. —Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023

Josh Smith, the Team U.S.A. cocaptain who first met Harry and Meghan at the 2018 Australia Games, shared time with them again in the Netherlands. —Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE.com, 22 Apr. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cocaptain

• mercaptan
• captain
• captan
• hapten