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captain

noun

A chief or leader.

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The word "captain" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to describe someone who is in charge of a group or a vessel, or to denote rank in the military. For example, "John Smith is the captain of the ship, and his first mate is Sarah."

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The flight's crew included four air stewards and the captain, Patrick Sonderheimer, whose attempts to enter the cockpit by hammering on the door and appealing to Lubitz to "open the damned door" were heard on the cockpit voice recorder.

But in his second over Mills claimed the prize scalp of the Derbyshire captain Wayne Madsen, banging the ball in and striking him on the glove.

"If anyone around me had put out a story like that about me during my career, never mind the day before a game, our relationship would have been over," the former Liverpool captain said.

It's one that a lot of people admire as captain and coach around the country," Gale added.

"He has been awesome since he has come in," the captain insisted.

The Ashes are all but safe for England.Australia, for all their apparent buoyancy having come tantalisingly close to winning the first Test, stand as much chance of getting back into this series now as Shane Watson has of entering into a civil partnership with his captain, Michael Clarke.

Quite apart from most players detesting such pitches, a handful of key England performers, including Steph Houghton, the influential captain, are still working their way back to match fitness following lengthy lay-offs and would have much preferred the rather more forgiving feel of grass beneath their feet.

Next morning I decided to play the doctor with a stoop, the sea captain as a Welshman and leave the nobleman as he was.

If selected, Wood faces a New Zealand side fresh from a thrilling World Cup campaign under their captain, Brendon McCullum, in which their players walked out on to the pitch exhibiting the confidence of Tony Montana in the final scene of the film Scarface.

Mark Wood is the uncapped quickie in question and, after a month of carrying the drinks in the Caribbean, the 25-year-old is hoping raw skills trump a lack of familiarity with the home of cricket and that he is granted a Test debut by the captain, Alastair Cook, and the caretaker coach, Paul Farbrace.

A bizarre own-goal by the Hearts captain, Danny Wilson, set Killie on their way and two goals by Kris Boyd after Dale Carrick had levelled for the struggling visitors seemed to put the home side out of sight.

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