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Captain is a related term of lord.


As a noun captain

is a chief or leader.

As a verb captain

is to act as captain.

As a proper noun lord is

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captain

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A chief or leader.
  • *1526 , The (Bible) , tr. (William Tyndale), (w) 2:
  • *:For out of the shal come a captaine , whych shall govern my people israhel.
  • *1929 , (Rudyard Kipling), " The English Way":
  • *:Stand up-stand up, Northumberland! / I bid you answer true, / If England's King has under his hand / A Captain as good as you?
  • The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
  • :
  • An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
  • *
  • *:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain , as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.."
  • A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
  • A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard]], NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a . A captain is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or [[United States Air Force, Air Force colonel.
  • (senseid)One of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
  • *(Remember the Titans)
  • *:Captain's supposed to be the leader, right?
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 5, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool , passage=As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.}}
  • The leader of a group of workers.
  • :
  • A .
  • *1977 , Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey, lyricists, ,
  • *:So I called up the Captain , "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."
  • (lb) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel .

    • Synonyms

    * (leader of a group of workers) supervisor, straw boss, foreman * (commander of a vessel) skipper, master * (pilot in command) pilot, pilot in command * (military rank) CAPT, , Capt, CPT (abbreviation)

    Derived terms

    * bell captain * captain of the fleet * captain of industry * corvette captain * cruiser captain * flag captain * fleet captain * flotilla captain * frigate captain * senior captain

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act as captain
  • To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.

    • Related terms

    * cap * capital * capitalism * capitulate * capitulation * chapiter * chapter * chief * chieftain

    lord

    English

    (Lord)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) The master of the servants of a household; (label) the master of a feudal manor
  • *c. 950 , (Lindisfarne Gospels), Matt. xxiv. 46
  • *:Eadig ðe]] ðone miððy cymes hlaferd his on-fand sua [[doing, doende.
  • *1611 , (King James Bible), Matt. xxiv. 46
  • *:Ble??ed]] is that finde [[so, ?o doing.
  • *1600 , (William Shakespeare), , iii. ii. 167 ff.
  • *:Por . ...But now, I was the Lord
  • *:of this faire man?ion]], of my [[servants, ?eruants,
  • *:Queene]] oer [[myself, my ?elfe...
  • *1794 , E. Christian in (William Blackstone), (Commentaries on the Laws of England) , II. 418
  • *:Lords of manors are distinguished from other land-owners with regard to the game.
  • #(label) The male head of a household, a father or husband.
  • #*831 , charter in Henry Sweet, The oldest English texts , 445
  • #*:Ymbe ðet lond et cert ðe hire eðelmod hire hlabard salde.
  • #*1594 , (William Shakespeare), "(The Rape of Lucrece)"
  • #*:...thou worthie Lord ,
  • #*:Of that vnworthie]] wife that [[greets, greeteth thee
  • #*c. 1591 , (William Shakespeare), (The Taming of the Shrew) (1623), v. ii. 131 f.
  • #*:Pet. Katherine , I charge thee, tell the?e]] [[head-strong, head-?trong women,
  • #*:What dutie]] they doe owe their Lords and [[husbands, hu?bands!
  • #*1611 , (King James Bible), Gen. xviii. 12
  • #*:Therefore Sarah laughed within her ?elfe]], , my lord being old [[also, al?o?
  • #*1816 , (Jane Austen), , III. xvi. 300
  • #*:Yes, here I am, my good friend; and here I have been so long, that anywhere else I should think it necessary to apologise; but, the truth is, that I am waiting for my lord and master.
  • #(label) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
  • #*ante'' 1300 , ''Cursor Mundi , 601 f.
  • #*:Als]] oure lauerd has [[heaven, heuen in hand
  • #*:Sua]] [[should, suld man be lauerd of land.
  • #*1480 , Waterford Archives in the 10th Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1885), App. v. 316
  • #*:All suche lordes as have gutters betuxte]] [[their, thar houses.
  • #*ante'' 1637 , (Ben Jonson), ''Sad Shepherd , ii. i. 36
  • #*:A mightie Lord of Swine!
  • #*1697 , (John Dryden) translating (Publius Virgilius Maro)'s Æneis , xii
  • #*:Turnus...
  • #*:Wrench'd from his feeble hold the shining Sword;
  • #*:And plung'd it in the Bosom of its Lord .
  • #*1874 , J. H. Collins, Principles of Metal Mining (1875), Gloss. 139/2
  • #*:Lord''''', the owner of the land in which a mine is situated is called the ‘' lord ’.
  • One possessing similar mastery over others; (label) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler
  • *c. 893 , Orosius's History , i. i. §13
  • *:Ohthere sæde his hlaforde , Ælfrede cyninge, þæt...
  • * 1530 , John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement , 680/1
    • It is a pytuouse]] case... whan subjectes rebell [[against, agaynst their naturall lorde .
  • * 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost) , xii. 70
    • Man over men He made not Lord .
  • # (label) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king
  • # A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
  • #* ante 1375 , William of Palerne (1867), l.4539
  • To fare out as fast with his fader to speke, & with lordesse of þat]] [[land, lond.
  • #* ante'' 1420 , T. Hoccleve, ''De Regimine Principum , 442
  • Men myghten lordis knowe
  • By there]] arraye, from [[other, oþir folke.
  • #* 1453 , Rolls of Parliament, V. 266/2
  • If such persone bee of the estate of a Lord , as Duc]], Marques, Erle, Viscount or [[baron, Baron.
  • #* 1597 , (William Shakespeare), (The life and death of King Richard the Second) , iv.i.18
  • Princes, and noble Lords :
  • What an?wer]] I make to this [[base, ba?e man?
  • #* 1614 , J. Selden, Titles of Honor , 59
  • Our English name Lord , whereby we and the Scots stile]] all such as are of the Greater [[nobility, Nobilitie i. Barons, as also Bishops.
  • #* 1900 July 21, Daily Express , 5/7
  • The Englishman of to-day still dearly loves a lord .
  • # A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones
  • #* 1526 , W. Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection , i. sig. Bviiiv
  • Farre]] excellyng the state of lordes , erles, dukes or [[kings, kynges.
  • #* 1826 , (Benjamin Disraeli), Vivian Grey , II. iii. iii. 26
  • The Marquess played off the two Lords and the Baronet against his former friend.
  • One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
  • * ante'' 1300 , ''Cursor Mundi , 782
    • O wityng bath]] [[good, god and ill ?ee suld be lauerds at ?our will.
  • * 1398 , John Trevisa translating Bartholomew de Glanville's De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495), viii. xvi. 322
    • The sonne]] is the lorde of [[planets, planetes.
    1697 , (John Dryden) translating (Publius Virgilius Maro) as (Georgics) , iii
    Love is Lord of all.
  • * 1992 November 18, (Larry David), (Seinfeld) , 4.11: "(The Contest)":
    • But are you still master of your domain?
    I am king of the county. You?
    Lord of the manor.
  • # The magnates of a trade or profession
  • #* 1823 , W. Cobbett, Rural Rides (1885), I. 399
  • Oh, Oh! The cotton Lords are tearing!
  • (label) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time,
  • * (Geoffrey Chaucer), Treatise on the Astrolabe , ii. §4:
    • The assendent]], & eke the lord of the assendent, may be shapen for to be fortunat or infortunat, as thus, a fortunat assendent clepen they whan hows of the [[ascendant, assendent.
  • A hunchback.
  • *1699 , B.E., A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew :
    • Lord , a very crooked, deformed... Person.
  • Sixpence.
  • * 1933 November 16, Times Literary Supplement , 782/1:
    • Twenty years ago you might hear a sixpence described as a ‘Lord ’ meaning ‘Lord of the Manor’; that is, a tanner.

    Derived terms

    * lord mesne, lord paramount, lord in gross, lord of the manor * House of Lords, Lords Temporal, Lords Spiritual * drunk as a lord * lord-in-waiting, lord of the bedchamber, lord superior * lords of creation * warlord * landlord * lord-fish

    Synonyms

    * drighten, possessor, proprietor, sovereign

    See also

    * lady

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Domineer or act like a lord.
  • (label) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Derived terms

    * lord it over

    References

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