Captain

Captain or The Captain (as well as Capitan and Kapitan) is derived from the Greek word katepánō (Greek: κατεπάνω, lit. "[the one] placed at the top", or " the topmost") which was a senior Byzantine military rank and office.

It may refer to:

Occupations

• Captain (nautical), the person in command of a ship or similar vessel
• Captain (airlines), the person or officer in charge of an aircraft
• Fire captain, an officer in a fire department
• Police captain, an officer in a police organization
• Band captain, a drum major or other music leader who is also a member of the musical band
• Caporegime, Captain, or Capo, a high-ranking member in charge of a Mafia crew
• Captain of industry, a business leader
• Captain of the Port, an official with slightly different functions in the United Kingdom and the United States
• Captain-major, a colonial officer of a Portuguese possession
• Precinct captain, a political party's representative at an election precinct
• School Captain, a student elected or appointed to represent the school
• Captain, the title of a chieftain in traditional Cretan society, well-known especially due to the Nikos Kazantzakis novel Captain Michalis
• Captain or Captein, chieftain of the Oorlam people in 19th Century South Africa
• The Captain of a city in Ottoman-ruled Bosnia and Herzegovina was a local official with considerable civic power as well as some military authority in times of war or revolt (see Bosnian uprising).

Military ranks

NATO OF-5 / US O-6

• Captain (naval)
• Capitaine de vaisseau (French)
• Captain at Sea
• Captain of Sea and War
• Captain (Canadian naval rank)
• Captain (Royal Navy) (British)
• Group Captain, a senior Air Force rank, generally in Britain and Commonwealth Countries
• Ship-of-the-Line Captain

NATO OF-2 / US O-3

• Captain (OF-2), in most land and air forces
• Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)

Generic

• Captain (United States)

Media

Television and film

• Captain, Starfleet ranks and insignia
• Welcome to The Captain, a television series on CBS
• Captain, nickname of Indian actor Vijayakanth
• The Sea Captain, a character in The Simpsons
• Captain Pirate, a 1952 film
• The Captain, 1971 film

Literature

• The Captain (play), a 1647 stage play by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
• The Captain (1967 novel), by Jan de Hartog
• The Captain (1900s magazine), a magazine for young boys

Comics/manga

• "The Captain", a former Captain America alternate identity, 1987–1989
• Captain (Hellsing), a fictional character from the Hellsing manga and OVA
• Captain (manga) (キャプテン), a baseball manga series by Akio Chiba
• Captain (comics), a satiric superhero from the comic book Nextwave
• Captain (Bleach) (隊長), the highest office available in the Gotei 13.
• Captain Boomerang, an Australian supervillain in the DC comics universe and member of the Flash's Rogues Gallery
• Captain Marvel (disambiguation), several fictional characters
• Captain Cold, a supervillain in the DC comics universe and member of the Flash's Rogues Gallery

Music

• Captain (album), a 1998 release from Scottish band Idlewild
• Captain (band), a London-based alternative rock band
• Captain, the pseudonym of Markus Kaarlonen, a Finnish musician/songwriter/producer
• The Captain, the stage name used by Daryl Dragon as part of the 1970s and 1980s duo Captain & Tennille
• The Captain (album), the 1999 solo debut album of Australian country music singer Kasey Chambers
• "The Captain" (song), a 2009 song by Scottish band Biffy Clyro
• "The Captain", a song from the 1984 Leonard Cohen album Various Positions
• "The Captain", a song from the 2006 Guster album Ganging Up on the Sun
• "The Captain", a song on the 2006 album by The Knife, Silent Shout

Video games

• Captain Falcon, a racer in the F-Zero series of video games

Ships

• HMS Captain, one of seven Royal Navy ships
• Captain class frigates, a class of 78 Royal Navy frigates
• Royal Captain (East Indiaman)

Sports

• Captain (sports), the leader of an athletic team, often with additional roles or responsibilities
  • Captain (association football)
  • Captain (Australian rules football)
  • Captain (cricket)
  • Captain (ice hockey)
  • Captain (baseball)
  • National Football League team captains
• The athletic moniker of Christopher Newport University is the Captains
• "The Captain", a nickname for hockey player Steve Yzerman
• "The Captain", a nickname for baseball player Derek Jeter

Other

• Captain (videotex), a Japanese videotex system, operational from 1983 to 2002.
• Marion 6360, a power shovel known as "The Captain"
• Captain field, a crude oil field on Block 13/22a in the UK North Sea
• "The Captain," a nickname for the fascist Iron Guard leader, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
• "Captain Dock," a Movie 2011.Back to the Conscince
• "The Nottingham Captain", 19th Century rebel Jeremiah Brandreth

See also

• Capitan (disambiguation)
• El Capitan (disambiguation), Spanish for "The Captain"
• Kapitan (disambiguation)
• Il Capitano
• Kapitän
• Katepano
• Kapudan Pasha
• Captain Underpants, a book series by Dav Pilkey

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