sea captain

noun

: the master especially of a merchant vessel

Examples of sea captain in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Set in a former sea captain’s home and originally designed by Roman and Williams, the 20-room Greydon House has become a luxury destination on Nantucket over the past decade. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Magdalen even marries an honorable man, a sea captain named Kirke. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

Brick sidewalks lead past Federal-era buildings that once belonged to sea captains and shipbuilders, and downtown has the density to back it up—boutiques, wine bars, a genuinely good restaurant every block or so. — Jenn Sinrich, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026

For 17 generations, Wietse Van Der Werf’s forebears toiled as dockworkers, shipbuilders, and sea captains in the Netherlands and its colonies. — Richard Morgan, Time, 29 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1612, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sea captain

• mercaptan
• captan
• hapten