Captain and Lackey

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

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Lackey is an antonym for captain.

Nearby Words: captained, captainship, captaincy, captaining

Lackey noun - A person hired to perform household or personal services.

Usage example: the housekeeper sent the lackey to fetch some more coffee

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Captain is an antonym for lackey.

human	human captain	human lackey
old	old captain	old lackey
corrupt	corrupt captain	corrupt lackey
powerful	powerful captain	powerful lackey
Other adjectives: incompetent, new, former, mere, competent, greatest, unnamed.

Considering that Billy eventually becomes Captain Marvel and the man is eventually revealed to be Shazam's lackey Tawky Tawny, one might find the nickname more significant than it appears.

Source: Affectionate Nickname
In Mercedes Lackey's Oathbreakers Tarma pulls this in order to avenge Captain Idra, who was raped and killed by her brother, the king of Rethwellan.

Source: Bodyguard Betrayal
In By the Sword, a Valdemar novel by Mercedes Lackey, the noble mercenary captain Kerowyn offers her company a vote: to stay and help the Valdemarans against overwhelming odds or to work their way to the edge of the fighting and try to escape.

Source: Line in the Sand

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