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Captain
·adj Chief; superior.
II. Captain ·noun A head, or chief officer.
III. Captain ·noun A military le...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Captain
1) Heb. sar (1 Sam. 22:2; 2 Sam. 23:19). Rendered "chief," Gen. 40:2; 41:9; rendered also "prince," ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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captain
Led captain; an humble dependant in a great family, who for a precarious subsistence, and distant ho...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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captain
I.
This title is said to be derived from the eastern military magistrate katapan, meaning "over ev...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Captain
As a purely military title, "captain" answers to sar in the Hebrew army and tribune in the Roman.
T...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Second
·noun Aid; assistance; help.
II. Second ·noun The second part in a concerted piece;
— often popula...
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second
The sixtieth part of a minute. A division of a degree of a circle. A term applied both to time and t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Post-captain
·noun A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the B...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea captain
·- The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.
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captain lieutenant
Meat between veal and beef, the flesh of an old calf; a military simile, drawn from the officer of t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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captain podd
A celebrated master of a puppet-shew, in Ben Johnson's time, whose name became a common one to signi...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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captain queernabs
A shabby ill-dressed fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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captain sharp
A cheating bully, or one in a set of gamblers, whose office is to bully any pigeon, who, suspecting ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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captain tom
The leader of a mob; also the mob itself.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Captain Cook
or Cooker
n.
NewZealand colonists' slang. First applied to the wild pigs ofNew Zealand, supposed t...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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boatswain-captain
An epithet given by certain popinjays in the service to such of their betters as fully understand th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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captain-general
The highest army rank.
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job captain
One who gets a temporary appointment to a ship, whose regular commander is a member of parliament, &...
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post-captain
Formerly a captain of three years' standing, now simply captain, but equal to colonel in the army, b...
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sailing captain
An officer in some navies, whose duties are similar to those of our masters in the royal navy.
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staff-captain
A designation conferred in 1863 upon masters of the fleet.
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Second-class
·adj Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Second-rate
·adj Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a secon...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Second-sight
·noun The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future event...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Second-sighted
·adj Having the power of second-sight.
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Thirty-second
·adj Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided.
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Twelfth-second
·noun A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Second Postern
Between London Wall and Fore Street, east of Aldermanbury Postern (Rocque, 1746-London Guide, 1758, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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second-counter
See counter.
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second-futtocks
The frame-timbers scarphed on the end of the futtock-timbers.
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second-hand
A term in fishing-boats to distinguish the second in charge.
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second officer
Second mate in merchantmen.
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second-rate
Vessels of seventy-four guns (on the old scale).
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captain copperthorne's crew
All officers; a saying of a company where everyone strives to rule.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Temple, the Second
After the return from captivity, under Zerubbabel (q.v.) and the high priest Jeshua, arrangements we...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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to play second fiddle
is to take an inferior part in any project or undertaking. A metaphor borrowed from a musical perfor...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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captain of the fleet
Is a temporary admiralty appointment; he is entitled to be considered as a flag-officer, and to a sh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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captain of the head
Not a recognized rating, but an ordinary man appointed to attend to the swabs, and to keep the ship'...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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captain of the hold
The last of the captains in rank, as a first-class petty officer.
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captain of the port
The captain of the port is probably better explained by referring to that situation at Gibraltar. He...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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John, Second Epistle of
Is addressed to "the elect lady," and closes with the words, "The children of thy elect sister greet...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Peter, Second Epistle of
The question of the authenticity of this epistle has been much discussed, but the weight of evidence...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Timothy, Second Epistle to
Was probably written a year or so after the first, and from Rome, where Paul was for a second time a...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Peter, Second Epistle Of
The following is a brief outline of the contents of this epistle: The customary opening salutation i...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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captain of a merchant ship
Is a certificated officer in the mercantile marine, intrusted with the entire charge of a ship, both...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Corinthians, Second Epistle to the
Shortly after writing his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul left Ephesus, where intense exciteme...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Corinthians, Second Epistle To The
was written a few months subsequent to the first, in the same year-about the autumn of A.D. 57 or 58...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Esdras, The Second Book Of
This exists in a Latin translation, the Greek being lost. Chapters 3-14 consist of a series of angel...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Thessalonians, Second Epistle To The
appears to have been written from Corinth not very long after the first, for Silvanus and Timotheus ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Chronicles, First And Second Books Of
the name originally given to the record made by the appointed historiographers in the kingdoms of Is...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Kings, First And Second Books Of
originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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John, The Second And Third Epistles Of
The second epistle is addressed to an individual woman. One who had children, and a sister and niece...
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