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police captain

police captain noun: a high-level officer in a police department who is usually responsible for an entire district or precinct.

Noun

police captain (plural police captains)

  1. A high-level officer in a police department who is usually responsible for an entire district or precinct.

Forms of police captain

pluralpolice captains

Questions about police captain

What does police captain mean?
Police captain means a high-level officer in a police department who is usually responsible for an entire district or precinct.
What part of speech is police captain?
Police captain is a noun.
What is the plural of police captain?
The plural of police captain is police captains.

Words near police captain in the dictionary

  1. police boy
  2. police boys
  3. police brutality
  4. police burgh
  5. police burghs
  6. police captain
  7. police captains
  8. police car
  9. police cars
  10. police chief
  11. police chiefs

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