Captain and Engineer

Captain

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

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Engineer and captain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Engineer" instead the word "Captain" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: captained, captainship, captaincy, captaining

Engineer noun - A person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking.

Usage example: the engineer of a movement to eradicate hunger

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Captain and engineer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captain" instead the word "Engineer" as a verb or a noun.

human	human captain	human engineer
old	old captain	old engineer
good	good captain	good engineer
female	female captain	female engineer
Other adjectives: best, certain, single, poor, brilliant, actual, real, young, famous, experienced, new, former, military, legendary, last, competent, previous, eponymous.

The Leijiverse has the beautiful Space Pirate Girl Emeraldas and the genius engineer and Captain Harlock's bro-for-life Tochiro Oyama.

Source: Star-Crossed Lovers
Captain Hogan (later promoted) from the Sharpe novels is combat engineer and spymaster for The Duke of Wellington.

Source: The Engineer
Not exactly normal Starfleet protocol to switch divisional colors on a whim, but then again, it's also not exactly common for a chief engineer to hold the rank of captain, either.

Source: Custom Uniform

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