first mate

noun

1. the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the captain.

first mate

noun

1. an officer second in command to the captain of a merchant ship Also calledfirst officer

Example Sentences

The master had truly observed that it was strange the first-mate did not hear him when he had hailed the brig for assistance.

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“The recall is up on board of the commodore,” said Mathews, the first-mate, to Captain Drawlock.

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You know a lot of us took charge of the Spitfire, and set the captain and first-mate adrift, off Valparaiso.

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Five of the hands had been washed overboard, another three men were down below badly hurt, and the first-mate had his leg broke.

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A son of James Prentiss could not be for anything else than liberty, said the ex-first mate of the Champion, stoutly.

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