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capt.

American  
Or CPT

abbreviation

  1. Military. captain.


Capt. British  

abbreviation

  1. Captain

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Well Al it is to soon to be calling me a capt. but if they are running this game on the square it won't be long and they will be calling me more then that.

From Treat 'em Rough Letters from Jack the Kaiser Killer by Frank Crerie

Traumatic. aa ʒiii. capt. cochlear. parv. urgente languore. 20th.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by William Withering

Some small rudeness being offered to the capt. afterwards in the street by some boys, several gentlemen interposed and suppressed it, before he received the least injury.

From Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party) by Francis S. (Francis Samuel) Drake

Bumgardner arose and said: capt. james bumgardner's speech.

From Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton by Various

R. Sal. nitr. sal. diuretic. aa ʒii. pulv. e contrayerv. comp. ʒi. sacchar. ℥i. emuls. commun. ℔i. aq. cinnam. simpl. ℥i. m. capt. cochlear. iv. ter die.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by William Withering

“It was a small pipe,” said Capt. Steve Hallgreen, public information officer with the department, so it sounds like he got stuck “due to the size.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

Another unlikely friend of the American prisoners is the princess’s cousin, Capt. Constantin “Buzz” Cantacuzino, a fighter ace and prince whose ancestry reaches back to Vlad the Impaler.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Before his casting as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” he had spent decades as a classical theater performer in Britain, especially in the works of Shakespeare.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Aaron Katon said the fire was threatening about 40 structures in the area where the evacuation order was issued.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

I fear, Shun, faith — look ye, I fear he is fled from some tyrant Master, which is Capt. Draper’s Belief.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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