Captain and Mate

Captain

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

Usage example: the captain is responsible for everything that happens to his ship in the course of a voyage

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Mate and captain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mate" instead a noun "Captain".

Nearby Words: captained, captainship, captaincy, captaining

Mate noun - Either of a pair matched in one or more qualities.

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Captain and mate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captain" instead a noun "Mate".

Nearby Words: mated, mating, matey

beloved	beloved captain	beloved mate
human	human captain	human mate
old	old captain	old mate
good	good captain	good mate
Other adjectives: female, best, better, current, original, dead, single, poor, popular, actual, real, potential, young, new, deceased, former, next, last, previous.

way

captain way

mate way

Originally, Barbossa was Sparrow's first mate, until one day he and several other pirates on Sparrow's ship decided to get rid of their captain by throwing Sparrow overboard, and as a result Barbossa becomes their captain instead.

Source: The Starscream
While Stubb insults the French captain, the chief mate misguides his captain to get rid of two rotten whales that are attached to the ship.

Source: Fun with Foreign Languages
In Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders trilogy, it's mentioned a few times that the captain gives the orders and the first mate beats the men into line when necessary.

Source: Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough

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