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  • noun A heroic person, particularly one with exaggerated bravery and leadership characteristics.

Etymologies

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From a character in Star Trek.

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Examples

  • CHAPTER SIXTEEN Scotty was more than glad to turn the ship back over to Captain Kirk.

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  • As they finished the repairs to the Enterprise, Captain Kirk had an unpleasant task to fulfill.

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  • It's only because Roddenberry penned an overly cerebral pilot, which NBC rejected, back in 1964, that you ever heard of any Captain Kirk.

    William Bradley: Star Trek's New Coming-of-Age Saga for Generation O 2009

  • Everyone knows that Captain Picard is far superior to Captain Kirk.

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  • Khan takes good care of himself when he isn't trying to kill Captain Kirk.

    Change of Shift with Nurse Chapel Mother Jones RN 2008

  • Khan takes good care of himself when he isn't trying to kill Captain Kirk.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Mother Jones RN 2008

  • Biometrics used to be the stuff of science fiction (think of Captain Kirk using voice recognition to control the Star Trek Enterprise), but the technology is in wide use today, frequently with personal electronic devices.

    Buzzword: Biometrics 2008

  • Here are two of my shipmates, Captain Kirk and Spock.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Mother Jones RN 2008

  • I felt like Captain Kirk, I just wanted to go where no man had gone before.

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  • The greatest moment of the greatest movie was when the landing party was seemingly stranded for days in a cavern deep within a planet, and Captain Kirk, having just told a story about beating an "unbeatable" simulation during his Academy days, finished the tale with the arrogant declaration, "I don't like to lose."

    Fear Gets in the Way 2008

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