Captain

captain English Alternative forms en Cap'n contraction Noun The honorific of a captain, especially a ship's captain or a person with the military rank of captain. en These islands were discovered by Captain Cook. en w:Ida Lee The Coming of the British to Australia, 1788 to 1829 Longmans, Green, and Co. 1906 100 the governor, convinced of the need of a thorough exploration of the south coast, now ordered Grant to return and carefully survey the bay between Cape Otway and Cape Schank, besides the land which had been seen by Captains Black and Buyers, then to sail to King George’s Sound and, in returning, to explore the whole south coast to Wilson’s Promontory, going to the head of every bay or inlet as far as possible. en before a descriptive word or phrase Forms a title for a superhero seen as embodying or possessing in high degree the qualities associated with the ensuing phrase en Captain America; Captain Marvel; Captain Hindsight en jocular or ironic by extension _ from the superhero sense Forms a title or nickname for a person; typically a nonce coinage en 8 Nov 2010 w:en:Paul Howes Confessions Of A Faceless Man: Inside Campaign 2010 https://books.google.com/books?id=B4eV_2lLx_EC&pg=PA120 120 9780522858846 Melbourne University Press Abbott has this alter ego, Captain Creepy. I mean, if he's not chatting away to the nation about his daughters' virginity, he's using anti-rape slogans to belittle the female Prime Minister. en 14 July 2020 David Mitchell Utopia Avenue https://books.google.com/books?id=BONKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT300 Hachette UK 9781444799446 Dean asks, 'How'm I s'posed to empty my bloody pockets with my hands tied, Captain Genius?' en 2022 Elizabeth Davis The Player Next Door Hachette UK 9781472297570 https://books.google.com/books?id=lGphEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT73 “Count me in,” he said to Brooks as Logan headed out. “And let's just hope Logan doesn't turn into another Captain Boring like Vince,” he added. Synonyms superhero name en -man, en -woman jocular nickname en Mister, en Mc- Derived terms en Captain Ersatz en Captain Obvious Anagrams en aacinpt anti-cap capitan patican en terms of address en Titles