Noun
The honorific of a captain, especially a ship's captain or a person with the military rank of captain.
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These islands were discovered by Captain Cook.
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[…] 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.
Forms a title for a superhero seen as embodying or possessing in high degree the qualities associated with the ensuing phrase
Usage- before a descriptive word or phrase
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Captain America; Captain Marvel; Captain Hindsight
Forms a title or nickname for a person; typically a nonce coinage
Usage- broadly
- Humorous
- Ironic
- from the superhero sense
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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.
Dean asks, 'How'm I s'posed to empty my bloody pockets with my hands tied, Captain Genius?'
“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.