Captain Ahab
Captain Ahab noun: a monomaniacal person; one who is consumed by a desire beyond all reason to achieve a particular goal (a white whale).
Noun
Captain Ahab (plural Captain Ahabs)
- A monomaniacal person; one who is consumed by a desire beyond all reason to achieve a particular goal (a white whale).
- "Do you remember saying that?" Ben nods up at the wall. "Telling Lia, 'You are on track to be the Captain Ahab of the idealized al pastor taco'?"2022, Lyndsay Faye, The King of Infinite Space, Penguin Publishing Group, page 74
- THE AUTHOR WOULD LIKE TO THANK GEORGES BORCHARDT, Lenore Riegel, Marie Pantojan, Dave Cole, and also Robert Weil, the Captain Ahab of publishing, in his continual search for the blinding white whale of perfection.2019, Jerome Charyn, The Perilous Adventures of the Cowboy King: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt and His Times, Liveright
Forms of Captain Ahab
| plural | Captain Ahabs |
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Origin of Captain Ahab
From the character of the same name in the novel Moby Dick.
Questions about Captain Ahab
- What does Captain Ahab mean?
- Captain Ahab means a monomaniacal person; one who is consumed by a desire beyond all reason to achieve a particular goal (a white whale).
- What part of speech is Captain Ahab?
- Captain Ahab is a noun.
- What is the plural of Captain Ahab?
- The plural of Captain Ahab is Captain Ahabs.
Words near Captain Ahab in the dictionary
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