Captain vs Ringer - What's the difference?
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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), "
*: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.
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An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
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*:"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= The leader of a group of workers.
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*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 .
Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
* 1863 , ,
(mining) A crowbar.
(games) In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole.
(uncountable, games) A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground.
(horse racing) A horse fraudently entered in a race using the name of another horse.
(sport) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other; now usually in the phrase dead ringer .
(UK, dialect) A top performer.
(Australia) The champion shearer of a shearing shed.
(Australia) A stockman, a cowboy.
* 1964 , Alec Bolton, Walkabout?s Australia , ,
* 1987 , Geoffrey Atkinson, Philip Quirk. The Australian Adventure: The Explorer?s Guide to the Island Continent ,
* 2005 , Jake Drake, The Wild West in Australia and America ,
As nouns the difference between captain and ringer
is that captain is a chief or leader while ringer is someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.As a verb captain
is to act as captain.captain
English
Noun
(en noun)The English Way":
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.}}
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 captainringer
English
Etymology 1
From .Noun
(en noun)- Pull, if ye never pull?d before;
- Good ringers , pull your best," quoth he.
- (Simmonds)
Etymology 2
From .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
Probably from ring the changes.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* dead ringerEtymology 4
.Noun
(en noun)page 107,
- The ringers are the stockmen on a station. The cattle pass through their hands before the drovers lift them and take them along the stock routes that lead to the killing pens in cities.
page 175,
- This vast holding is run by six ringers' and six boys. A '''ringer''' is a qualified stationhand and a boy is a trainee. It takes four years for a boy to become a ' ringer .
page 156,
- Most people associated with the Australian beef industry believe the ringer?s skill of throwing cattle by the tail to be a practice that is purely Australian. There is ample evidence however, that it was practised in South and Central America long before it was developed here.