Tra từ captain - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cap·tain [captain captains captained captaining] noun, verb BrE [ˈkæptɪn] NAmE [ˈkæptɪn]
noun
1. the person in charge of a ship or commercial aircraft
•Captain Cook
• The captain gave the order to abandon ship.
•Captain Jones and his co-pilot
2. an officer of fairly high rank in the navy, the army and the US ↑air force
•Captain Lance Price
see also ↑group captain
3. the leader of a group of people, especially a sports team
• She was captain of the hockey team at school.
• He has just been made team captain.
4. an officer of high rank in a US police or fire department

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘chief or leader’): from Old French capitain (superseding earlier chevetaigne ‘chieftain’), from late Latin capitaneus ‘chief’, from Latin caput, capit- ‘head’.

verb ~ sth
to be a captain of a sports team or a ship
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘chief or leader’): from Old French capitain (superseding earlier chevetaigne ‘chieftain’), from late Latin capitaneus ‘chief’, from Latin caput, capit- ‘head’.

Example Bank:
•Ellis is expected to captain the side in next week's friendly against Argentina.
•He played in the West Indies team captained by Clive Lloyd.
•He told us about the ship he had captained during the war.
•He will captain England on their tour to Australia.