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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The captain of a ship, especially a merchant ship.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The commanding officer of a sea-going vessel; a master mariner: a term more frequently used in connection with the merchant service than with the navy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
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