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Captain Swan

Captain Swan proper noun: the ship of characters Emma Swan and Killian Jones from the television series Once Upon a Time.

Proper noun

Captain Swan

  1. (slang) The ship of characters Emma Swan and Killian Jones from the television series Once Upon a Time.
    • And the 'Captain Swan' fans would have been like, grr!2015, Merrin Dungey, quoted in Mars Tonic, "Once Upon a Time - It's Good to Be Bad", GayCalgary Magazine, May 2015, page 30
    • In its annual “Year in Review” for 2015, Tumblr listed Captain Swan, a “ship” or relationship between Captain Hook and Emma Swan of the TV program Once Upon a Time as one of its most popular pairings.2016, Susan Henneberg, 20 Great Career-Building Activities Using Tumblr, page 43

Origin of Captain Swan

Captain + Swan, a combination of Killian Jones' title as Captain Hook and Emma Swan's surname.

Questions about Captain Swan

What does Captain Swan mean?
Captain Swan means the ship of characters Emma Swan and Killian Jones from the television series Once Upon a Time.
What part of speech is Captain Swan?
Captain Swan is a proper noun.

Words near Captain Swan in the dictionary

  1. Captain Queeg
  2. Captain Queegs
  3. captain regent
  4. captain save a hoe
  5. Captain Save-A-Hoe
  6. Captain Swan
  7. Captain Swing
  8. captain's call
  9. captain's calls
  10. Captain's Cloak
  11. captain's daughter

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