Meaning of "sea captain" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF SEA CAPTAIN

sea captain

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEA CAPTAIN

Sea captain is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEA CAPTAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sea captain

A sea captain is a licensed mariner in ultimate command of the vessel. The captain is responsible for its safe and efficient operation, including cargo operations, navigation, crew management and ensuring that the vessel complies with local and international laws, as well as company and flag state policies. All persons on board, including officers and crew, other shipboard staff members, passengers, guests and pilots, are under the captain's authority and are his ultimate responsibility.

Definition of sea captain in the English dictionary

The definition of sea captain in the dictionary is the master of a ship, usually a merchant ship.

TRANSLATION OF SEA CAPTAIN

Find out the translation of sea captain to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sea captain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sea captain» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 船长
• Translator English - Spanish: capitán de barco
• English: sea captain
• Translator English - Hindi: समुद्र कप्तान
• Translator English - Arabic: القبطان البحري
• Translator English - Russian: капитан дальнего плавания
• Translator English - Portuguese: capitão de mar
• Translator English - Bengali: সমুদ্র অধিনায়ক
• Translator English - French: capitaine de la marine
• Translator English - Malay: Kapten laut
• Translator English - German: Kapitän zur See
• Translator English - Japanese: 船長
• Translator English - Korean: 선장
• Translator English - Javanese: Kapten laut
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thuyền trưởng
• Translator English - Tamil: கடல் கேப்டன்
• Translator English - Marathi: समुद्र कर्णधार
• Translator English - Turkish: Deniz kaptanı
• Translator English - Italian: capitano di mare
• Translator English - Polish: morze kapitan
• Translator English - Ukrainian: капітан далекого плавання
• Translator English - Romanian: căpitan pe mare
• Translator English - Greek: καπετάνιος στη θάλασσα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: see kaptein
• Translator English - Swedish: sjökapten
• Translator English - Norwegian: sjøkaptein

QUOTES WITH «SEA CAPTAIN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sea captain.

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Joseph C. Lincoln

My father was a sea captain, so was his father, and his father before him, and all my uncles. My mother's people all followed the sea. I suppose that if I had been born a few years earlier, I would have had my own ship.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEA CAPTAIN»

Discover the use of sea captain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sea captain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain

Follows the adventures of a stowaway boy, including his friendship with captain and crew and near shipwreck during a violent storm.

Edward Ardizzone, 2006

A Day in the Life of a Colonial Sea Captain

Describes the life of a Nantucket sea captain, how he came to be in command of a whaling ship, and how he and his crew hunted whales.

J. L. Branse, 2002

Plastic Ocean: How a Sea Captain's Chance Discovery Launched ...

In Plastic Ocean, Moore recounts his ominous findings and unveils the secret life and hidden proper ties of plastics.

Capt. Charles Moore, 2011

Sea Captain from Salem

In the American War for Independence, Peace of God Manly helps Benjamin Franklin gain an alliance for the Colonies with France by harassing British ships in their own waters.

Leonard Wibberley, 2010

Captain Gault: Being the Exceedingly Private Log of a ...

Many of the Captain Gault stories were collected in the book "Captain Gault, Being the Exceedingly Private Log of a Sea-Captain," published in 1917. Captain Gault is a captain for hire and operates a different ship in each of the stories.

William Hope Hodgson, 2009

The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Love, Race, and War ...

This story of misfortune and defiance takes up grand themes of American history—opportunity and racism, war and freedom—and illuminates the lives of ordinary people in the past.

Martha Hodes, 2011

The Sea Captain's Wife: A Novel

Blending the high-tension drama of missed chances and unexpected twists of the sort that made A Reliable Wife a bestseller with the pluck and spirit of a heroine in the vein of Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Sea Captain's Wife will captivate ...

Beth Powning, 2011

Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, ...

A nineteenth-century sea captain chronicles his love affair with the sea and his rise through the ranks to captain and ship owner in the tea and sugar trade

Charles Tyng, Susan Fels, 1999

The Life & Times of Georgetown Sea Captain Abram Jones ...

Local author and wooden boat enthusiast Robert McAlister recounts Slocum’s epic life through the end of the Age of Sail.

Robert McAlister, 2012

The Dead Sea Captain

What a beautiful day for Kevin and Mary to look for their dream home.

Drac Von Stoller, 2011

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEA CAPTAIN»

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Costa Concordia captain gets 16 years in prison

Whatever verdict is delivered in the trial of the Italian sea captain for the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia cruise liner and for the deaths of 32 people, survivors ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»

Nick Offerman on His Simpsons Sea Captain, Skinny Chris Pratt …

This Sunday, Nick Offerman guest-stars on The Simpsons as Captain Bowditch, the captain of the Relation Ship, an oceanbound vessel that helps bickering ... «Vulture, Oct 14»

Breaking Proud Tradition, Captains Flee and Let Others Go Down …

But now, for the second time in just over two years, a sea captain — first in Italy and now in South Korea — has been among the first to flee a sinking vessel, ... «New York Times, Apr 14»

Top 10 Badass Sea Captains

The high seas are no place for a pansy. So in honor of the ultra-badass-ery of the new Tom Hanks' film Captain Phillips, how about a list of the baddest men to ... «Crave Online, Oct 13»

Back Home, Sea Captain Hails Military

The unassuming ship captain who escaped the clutches of Somali pirates said upon his triumphant arrival home Friday that he was just an ordinary seaman ... «CBS News, Apr 09»

US Navy Frees Captain, Kills 3 Somali Pirates

Navy SEAL snipers on the fantail of a destroyer cut down three Somali pirates in a lifeboat and rescued an American sea captain on Easter Sunday. The surprise ... «FOXNews, Apr 09»

Somali Pirates Capture American Sea Captain

Indirect negotiations were underway with the small group of pirates who were holding the captain in one of the ship's lifeboats in the Indian Ocean after ... «Washington Post, Apr 09»