[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/captain/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / captain # captain noun (a captain, captains); verb (captain, captains, captained, captaining) «captain» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. The person in charge of a ship or an aeroplane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/captain/#m1) 2. The leader of a sports team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/captain/#m2) 3. An officer in the army, navy or police. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/captain/#m3) 4. (verb) To lead a team or a ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/captain/#m4) ### In the lessons In school sport, the team captain leads the players and talks to the referee. In stories, a ship's captain gives orders and is responsible for everyone on board. On planes, the captain is the chief pilot. Phrases: «team captain», «ship's captain», «Captain Hook». ### Examples - Mia is the captain of our netball team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/captain/#x1) - The captain steered the ship through the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/captain/#x2) - «This is your captain speaking,» said the pilot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/captain/#x3) - Captain Hook is the pirate in «Peter Pan». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/captain/#x4) - Who will captain the team this year? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/captain/#x5) - The captain was the last to leave the sinking ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/captain/#x6) - Our class captain helps the teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/captain/#x7) - The captain was in great fright. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/captain/#x8) ### Note As a title it takes a capital letter: Captain Smith. Countable: captains. The leader of a school house or class may also be called a captain, especially in the UK and Australia. ## In Jewish tradition It means a chief, leader or commander, such as the captain of an army, of a guard, of fifty men, or of a tribe. It is not a ship's captain. In the primary lessons: In school sport, the team captain leads the players and talks to the referee. In stories, a ship's captain gives orders and is responsible for everyone on board. On planes, the captain is the chief pilot. Phrases: «team captain», «ship's captain», «Captain Hook». ### Examples - And they said one to another: 'Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.' (Torah NUM.14.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x1) - Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host. (Torah GEN.26.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x2) - And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard. (Torah GEN.37.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x3) - These were the captains of the tribes of Israel. (Writings 1CH.27.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x4) - Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. (Writings 1CH.12.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x5) - Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. (Prophets 2KI.1.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/#x6) ### Note As a title it takes a capital letter: Captain Smith. Countable: captains. The leader of a school house or class may also be called a captain, especially in the UK and Australia. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «captain» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/captain/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«captain» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/captain.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «captain» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/captain/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«captain» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/captain.html) on Mova free.