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post captain
noun
- history (formerly) a naval officer holding a commission as a captain, as distinct from an officer with the courtesy title of captain
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I shall never be a post-captain—never command a ship—my last battle is fought.
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On his return, he was promoted to the rank of post-captain, and appointed one of the captains of Greenwich hospital.
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His spirited conduct was, however, so much approved of by the nation, that he was promoted at once to the rank of post-captain.
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I don't think it will be better when I am a post-captain myself!
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He had the pleasure of giving Decatur, then a post captain, the temporary command of the Constitution.
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