The captain or master of ship, esp. of a small trading, merchant, or fishing vessel; †a shipman, seaman.

= master mariner n.

a person who commands, or is qualified to command, a ship, spec. the captain of a merchant vessel; also figurative.

A master mariner; the master of a ship; a skipper. Also: a pilot.

The master, captain, or commander of a ship; formerly also, a pilot, steersman.

spec. One who has command of a ship; in the British and U.S. navies, the title of an officer who ranks below a captain and above a first lieutenant.

In extended use: any captain of a ship in the ancient world. Obsolete.

A skipper. Obsolete.

= shipmaster, n.

In Middle-Eastern contexts: the captain of a boat or ship. Also as a title preceding a proper name.

The captain or master of a local boat in Indo-Malayan or Arabian waters.

The captain or commander of a ship; usually applied to the captain of a merchant vessel.

Nautical. A ship's pilot, master, or mate, esp. one of foreign nationality, as referred to by an Arabic-speaking crew. Frequently used as a title…

A captain or steersman of a boat.

The master or commander of a merchant ship or of any kind of vessel.

The captain, master, or officer in charge of a ship, barge, or boat; the coxswain of a longboat. Cf. patron, n. 5a. Now rare.

colloquial. A person in authority over others. The captain of a ship.

Nautical slang. The captain of a ship. Also in extended use.