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sea captain

NOUN
skipper
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“There are a lot of relationships that we’ll be able to have access to,” within the drone sector, said Bains, a former sea captain turned entrepreneur.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

John “Thumper” McCarthy, 75, a retired sea captain and 40-year fixture of the Lahaina Yacht Club, is also on the FBI’s list.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2023

And what of Al Anderson, the Rhode Island fisherman whose myopic devotion to his quarry recalls another famous New England sea captain?

From Salon Aug. 2, 2023

This bizarre hybrid was bought by Moses Kimball, founder of the Boston Museum, from the family of a sea captain.

From Scientific American May 31, 2023

His hair had fallen over one eye; like an old sea captain, he squinted at me shrewdly through the other.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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