Captain and Shepherd

Captain

Captain verb - To be in charge of.

Usage example: if you do well on this, you'll be asked to captain the next mission

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

Nearby Words: captained, captainship, captaincy, captaining

Shepherd verb - To give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed.

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

old	old captain	old shepherd
good	good captain	good shepherd
full	full captain	full shepherd
best	best captain	best shepherd
Other adjectives: handsome, dead, poor, brave, powerful, actual, real, young, respected, experienced, late, former, legendary, previous, elderly, eponymous, unnamed, youngest.

In Modern Warfare 2, both General Shepherd and Captain Price note that "History is written by the victors." The point they're both making is that only they should be trusted to write the history of the events that occur in the plot.

Source: Meaningful Echo
Firefly When the crew invades a skyplex to rescue The Captain, secondary defence of the ship relies on a shepherd, a doctor, a mechanic and a mentally traumatised young girl.

Source: Don't Think, Feel
Shepherd frames Soap and Captain Price for crimes against the United States and manages to link them to a global terrorist group.

Source: Clear My Name

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