sea captain

noun

Definition of sea captainnext
as in commander

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Recent Examples of sea captain The salty sea captain beard and the piercing stare, perfect for magazine covers, did not hurt. — Matthew Herper, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026 The novel by Herman Melville about a great white whale and the sea captain consumed by the beast that had bitten off his leg sold only a few hundred copies upon its release in England and America in 1851. — Dan Kelly march 24, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026 The Bluff stars Chopra Jonas as a former pirate captain who hung up her sword for a tranquil life until her sea captain is kidnapped by a former nemesis. — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2026 English sea captains, with royal patronage, had been trafficking African people to the Caribbean and the Chesapeake Bay for decades, but on an ad-hoc basis. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sea captain
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea captain
  1. commander
  2. skipper
  3. captain
  4. skip
  5. vice admiral
  6. officer
  7. admiral
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  • By distilling commander’s intent through intuitive, natural language commands, Anura scales the Soldier-to-robot ratio, reduces cognitive burden, accelerates training timelines, and enables heads-up, hands-free operation.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Whenever negotiations resume, Iran's opaque power structure — spanning the Supreme Leader, the Revolutionary Guards, civilian government, commanders and other groups — will shape not only what is agreed, but whether any deal can be enforced.
    — Emma Graham, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of commander
Noun
  • Former Boston Red Sox closer Keith Foulke is the manager of the Hunters, and former big-league infielder Eric Young is the skipper for the Queens.
    — Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Lewis Dunk, Brighton’s long-serving skipper and fellow centre-back, is still a big influence at the age of 34, but Struijk’s leadership skills will be a useful antidote to Jan Paul van Hecke’s June transfer to Tottenham for £52million.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of skipper
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  • The umpire rejected West Indies' appeal but captain Roston Chase referred the decision to the television umpire, who ruled the ball was turning enough to hit leg stump.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Or he was coached hard and pushed hard by the team’s captain and coach.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of captain
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  • Basic is the free tier that offers 128Kbps audio, a six-song skip limit, and core listening options.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • Some coding tools call these auto-run, skip-permissions or unrestricted modes.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of skip
Noun
  • Mark Fox, a retired vice admiral and a former commander of the 5th Fleet, previously told Fox News Digital that Kharg is fundamentally an oil terminal rather than a military fortress.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
  • The surgeon general's rank is three-star vice admiral.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 2 May 2026
Definition of vice admiral
Noun
  • Syeda Sultana, chief operating officer at the digital marketing platform Vettted, spent a decade managing a global sustainability program.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • As officers worked to disperse traffic, prosecutors allege Stacer sprayed the officers' vehicle with a fire extinguisher.
    — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of officer
Noun
  • Captain is a senior Navy rank, equivalent to full-bird colonel in the Army, but Maverick’s contemporary Iceman, in contrast, had progressed to four-star admiral and the head of Pacific Fleet, one of the Navy’s biggest jobs.
    — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • James Stavridis, a retired US Navy admiral who had sailed through the Strait of Hormuz many times, agreed.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Definition of admiral

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