captain – English noun declension

English noun forms of captain

Noun: captain
Singularcaptain
Pluralcaptains

Sample Sentences

  • For out of the shal come a captaine, whych shall govern my people israhel. [1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew ij:]
  • Stand up-stand up, Northumberland! / I bid you answer true, / If England's King has under his hand / A Captain as good as you? [1929, Rudyard Kipling, The English Way:]
  • Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, […] naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter. [1873, Jules Verne, chapter I, in [anonymous], transl., Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas; […], James R. Osgood edition, Boston, Mass.: Geo[rge] M[urray] Smith & Co., →OCLC, part I, page 3:]
  • The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.
  • "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there.[…]." [1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:]
  • Captain's supposed to be the leader, right? [2000, Gregory Allen Howard, Remember the Titans:]
  • As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy. [2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:]
  • John Henry said to the captain, "A man ain't nothing but a man."
  • The assistant mine captains then reported to the mine captain in charge of all underground operations and subordinate only to the superintendent himself. [1990, Marshall C. Eakin, A British Enterprise in Brazil:]
  • 1977, Don Felder, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey, lyricists, "Hotel California",
  • So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine." / He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969."

Etymology

1. From Middle English capitain, capteyn, from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”) (English cap). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-.
2. Doublet of chieftain, also from Old French. See: Middle English Nouns 'capitain', Latin Nouns 'caput'.

Verbs referencing "captain"

German Nouns Kapitän, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns kaptein.