flag captain

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noun

the captain of a flagship

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Words nearby flag captain

flaccidity, flack, flackery, flacon, flag, flag captain, flag day, flag down, flagellant, flagellar, Flagellata

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How to use flag captain in a sentence

"That speaks well indeed for our young commander," the port admiral, who had been present, said to his flag-captain.
A Roving Commission|G. A. Henty
Thirdly, the same countryside happened to include the village which was the birthplace of Nelson's flag-captain at Trafalgar.
The Dynasts|Thomas Hardy
At about the same instant Collingwood was saying to his flag-captain, "Rotherham, what would Nelson give to be here!"
The Life of Nelson, Vol. II. (of 2)|A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
He read it by the reflected light from the binnacle, grinned amusedly, and handed it to the Flag Captain.
Stories of the Ships|Lewis R. Freeman

He was a great friend of their father, and, said the boys, was most likely to make him his flag-captain.
The Stokesley Secret|Charlotte M. Yonge