Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ship of the line captain

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English

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

35

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Highest senior officer rank used in the navies of some Romance-speaking and European countries, usually equal in rank to the Anglophone rank of captain.

Inflected Forms

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

Phrases

senior ship of the line captain

Questions

What does ship of the line captain mean?: Highest senior officer rank used in the navies of some Romance-speaking and European countries, usually equal in rank to the Anglophone rank of captain.

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