Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

senior ship of the line captain

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: se-nior -ship of the -line -cap-tain
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Military rank used in the navies of some Romance-speaking and European countries directly senior to ship of the line captains and other officers but junior to admirals. Equivalent to the rank of senior colonel in the army.

Inflected Forms

senior ship of the line captains (plural) senior ship-of-the-line captain (alternative)

Questions

What does senior ship of the line captain mean?: Military rank used in the navies of some Romance-speaking and European countries directly senior to ship of the line captains and other officers but junior to admirals. Equivalent to the rank of senior colonel in the army.

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