What does sea captain mean?

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sea captain

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English

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sea captains (plural)

old salt the captain goes down with the ship

old salt the captain goes down with the ship

What does sea captain mean?: The captain of a ship, as distinguished from a captain in the army.

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