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staff captains

staff captains is the plural of staff captain.

Meaning of staff captain

Noun

staff captain (plural staff captains)

  1. The holder of various military ranks, now usually translated from other languages. In the British Royal Navy the master of the fleet was ranked as a "Staff Captain" after 1864, just below the Captain, but he was not considered an executive branch officer and was not eligible for further promotion, though some exceptions were made.

Questions about staff captains

What is staff captains the plural of?
Staff captains is the plural of staff captain.

Words near staff captains in the dictionary

  1. stafettes
  2. staff
  3. staff angle
  4. staff angles
  5. staff captain
  6. staff captains
  7. staff college
  8. staff colleges
  9. staff corps
  10. staff function
  11. staff functions

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