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Understanding; mental faculty. Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander's captains. Prideaux.

One versed or well informed in history. Great captains should be good historians. South.

; -- usually followed by of. Let thistles grow of wheat. Job xxxi. 40. Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab. 2 Sam. xvii. 25.

l, the other attached to the Navy Department and having the rank of colonel of marines or captain in the navy. The first is chief of the Bureau of Military Justice of the army, the other performs a similar duty for the navy. In England, the designation of a member of the ministry who is the legal adviser of the secreta…

wer in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.

o supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty. [R.] Shak. Those traitorous captains of Israel who kinged themselves by slaying their masters and reigning in their stead. South.

of Lead. Led captain. An obsequious follower or attendant. [Obs.] Swift. -- Led horse, a sumpter horse, or a spare horse, that is led along.

A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.

An officer who commanded a company; a captain. Mitford.

An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.

The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.

An officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. If there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. In the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.

pline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies. The king's captains and soldiers fight his battles, and yet... the power of the militia is he. Jer. Taylor.

A captain or commander of ten thousand men.

oceed to nicking sashes. Prior. The itch of his affection should not then Have nicked his captainship. Shak.

A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.

masters, passed assistant paymasters, and assistant paymasters, having relative rank from captain to ensign, respectively.

ccustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless. "A perdue captain." Beau. & Fl.

A horse which prances. Then came the captain . . . upon a brave prancer. Evelyn.

A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain. Homans.