Authority and Captain

Authority

Authority noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

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Captain and authority are semantically related in commander topic. In some cases you can use "Captain" instead a noun "Authority".

Nearby Words: authorize, authorise, authoritative, author, authorization

Captain

Captain noun - A person in overall command of a ship.

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Authority and captain are semantically related in effort topic. Sometimes you can use "Authority" instead a noun "Captain", if it concerns topics such as commander.

Nearby Words: captained, captainship, captaincy, captaining

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human	human authority	human captain
old	old authority	old captain
good	good authority	good captain
female	female authority	female captain
Other adjectives: full, single, corrupt, powerful, actual, real, new, military, imperial, official, last, greatest.

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Unusually for this trope, Vimes not only returns to his original position of authority, but gets promoted from a mere captain to Commander of the City Watch, with Carrot as his second in-command.

Source: Still the Leader
The former is an Orb Admiral, while Cagalli is Commander-in-Chief of Orb's forces, though Kira rarely ever uses his position of authority instead having Murrue (A Captain) lead the Archangel.

Source: Four-Star Badass
Authority in Name Only: Yurika's role as captain is intended to be this, as Ruri explains to her when she asks what makes a good modern captain.

Source: Anime / Martian Successor Nadesico

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