chief mate
Americannoun
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Jim, young and idealistic, is chief mate on a steamer carrying 800 pilgrims from Singapore to Mecca.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
He asks for the chief mate, then tells the young officer he wants to see the captain.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
Liz Brasler, 29, is chief mate, or second-in-command, of one of the yachts in the harbour.
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2018
“It was some of the thickest ice I have seen in that area,” the chief mate of a passenger ferry later told the National Transportation Safety Board investigators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2017
The chief mate was a handsome figure, with his square jaw, his wide mouth, though the skin around his neck was beginning to sag, and the wrinkles in his face were like ravines.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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