Captain vs Sachem - 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?
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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 .
A chief of a tribe of the American Natives; a sagamore.
*1851 ,
*:Planted with their broad ends on the deck, a circle of these slabs laced together, mutually sloped towards each other, and at the apex united in a tufted point, where the loose hairy fibres waved to and fro like the top-knot on some old Pottowottamie Sachem ’s head.
As nouns the difference between captain and sachem
is that captain is a chief or leader while sachem is a chief of a tribe of the American Natives; a sagamore.As a verb captain
is to act as captain.captain
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(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.}}