Phrase Hound found 23 phrases and 4 compound words that contain captains. The most common are listed below. Open captains in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 23
- captains of industryplural of captain of industry: A prominent business person who owns, or is the highest-ranking executive of, one or more major firms, especially one who has considerable wealth and influence.
- Captains FlatA town in Queanbeyan-Palerang regional council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- captains generalplural of captain general: A commander-in-chief; the head of an armed force.
- captains regentplural of captain regent: Either of the two heads of state of San Marino, elected every six months.
- group captainsplural of group captain: A rank in the RAF, between that of wing commander and air commodore, equivalent to an army colonel
- post-captainsplural of post-captain: A captain of the 18th or 19th-century Royal Navy in command of a vessel, with his subsequent promotions almost always determined by seniority rather than merit or ability.
- sea captainsplural of sea captain: The captain of a ship, as distinguished from a captain in the army.
- bell captainsplural of bell captain: A supervisor of bellhops in a hotel.
- block captainsplural of block captain: One of the residents of a housing block, elected to represent the community.
- bus captainsplural of bus captain: A bus driver who also functions as a bus conductor along with other duties such as ensuring proper care for the bus.
- Captains Obviousplural of Captain Obvious: Someone who makes superfluously obvious statements or who has just made one.
- copper captainsplural of copper captain: A person falsely giving themselves the title of captain.
- flag captainsplural of flag captain: The captain of a flagship in the Royal Navy.
- fleet captainsplural of fleet captain: A captain in command of a fleet, convoy, or flotilla.
- police captainsplural of police captain: A high-level officer in a police department who is usually responsible for an entire district or precinct.
- road captainsplural of road captain: The captain of a bicycle racing team, who sets the pace.
- senior captainsplural of senior captain: a military rank for a field officer above that of captain and below that of major
- staff captainsplural of staff captain: The holder of various military ranks, now usually translated from other languages. In the British Royal Navy the master of the fleet was ranked as a "Staff Captain" after 1864, just below the Captain, but he was …
- train captainsplural of train captain: A person employed to travel on a driverless train and assist passengers in the event of an emergency.
- vice-captainsplural of vice-captain: A player who takes on the responsibilities of captain when the captain is not playing.
- barangay captainsplural of barangay captain: leader of a barangay
- donatary captainsplural of donatary captain: One who held a donatary captaincy; a nobleman who had hereditary authority (granted in the 1530s) over a large tract of land in colonial Brazil, and who was responsible for paying taxes to the king and for …
- led captainsplural of led captain: An obsequious sidekick
Compound words 4
- captainshipsplural of captainship: captaincy
- postcaptainsplural of postcaptain: A captain of the 18th or 19th-century Royal Navy in command of a vessel, with his subsequent promotions almost always determined by seniority rather than merit or ability.
- subcaptainsplural of subcaptain: A subordinate captain.
- undercaptainsplural of undercaptain: A subordinate captain.