staff captain
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of staff captain
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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He is a staff captain in the Czech Army, the equivalent of major in the United States Army.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2020
It was a 29-year-old staff captain in the Czech Republic Army who ran as if he was in deep agony and his next step would be his last.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2020
I fail to understand why the staff captain has expressly sent us the biggest fools he could lay hands on....
From A Nest of Spies by Allain, Marcel
"That's better, Count," said the staff captain, beginning to address Rostov by his title, as if in recognition of his confession.
From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
I was talking to the staff captain about the ammunition dumps he had arranged for the coming battle, when the brigade clerk handed me a buff slip just arrived from the Casualty Clearing Station.
From Pushed and the Return Push by Nichols, George Herbert Fosdike
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