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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

The detective’s singular pedigree: He’s the son of an Irish folk singer mom and a Basque sea captain dad.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2025

There would be no salary, but all expenses paid - and, crucially, Mr Guerra would gain some of the sailing experience he needed to qualify as a sea captain.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2024

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

“My brother wears one in a ring. And as he’s a sea captain, the opal forewarns him of ocean storms. He says it has never been wrong.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan


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