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Subcaptain

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undercaptainnounA subordinate captain.
subcaptaincynounThe rank or status of subcaptain.
cocaptainnounA joint captain.
underseamannounA subordinate seaman.
undercommandernounA subordinate commander.
underlieutenantnounA subordinate lieutenant.
captainnounThe person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
subcommandernounA commander who is subordinate in rank.
capitainenoun(non-native speakers' English or in reference to a French-speaking person) A captain.
underofficernounA subordinate officer.
commandernounOne who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
senior captainnoun(military) a military rank for a field officer above that of captain and below that of major
subalternnoun(social sciences, literary theory) A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland.
matenounA fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate.
sea captainnounThe captain of a ship, as distinguished from a captain in the army.
subofficernounA subordinate officer; or someone of rank below officer
subchiefnounA lesser or secondary chief.
subcommissionernounA lesser or subsidiary commissioner.
post-captainnoun(UK military, informal, obsolete) 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.
subbrigadiernounA subordinate or assistant brigadier.

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