captain
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Is captain a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of captain?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (Southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.Southern-US
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To act as captainintransitive
2. (transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.transitive
noun (English)
1. (before a descriptive word or phrase) Forms a title for a superhero seen as embodying or possessing in high degree the qualities associated with the ensuing phraseExamples: "Captain America; Captain Marvel; Captain Hindsight"Synonyms: -man, -woman
2. (humorous or ironic, by extension from the superhero sense) Forms a title or nickname for a person; typically a nonce coinageExamples: "Abbott has this alter ego, Captain Creepy. I mean, if he's not chatting away to the nation about his daughters' virginity, he's using anti-rape slogans to belittle the female Prime Minister."; "Dean asks, 'How'm I s'posed to empty my bloody pockets with my hands tied, Captain Genius?'"; "“Count me in,” he said to Brooks as Logan headed out. “And let's just hope Logan doesn't turn into another Captain Boring like Vince,” he added."Synonyms: Mister, Mc-broadlyhumorousironic
Definition source: Wiktionary