captain
military rank (OF-2)
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Summary
captain is a military rank[1]. captain draws 6,852 Wikipedia views per month (military rank category, ranking #68 of 458).[2]
Key Facts
- Named after: head[3]
- Subclass of: junior officer[4], military officer[5]
- Commons category: Captains[6]
- Said to be the same as: captain[7], captain lieutenant[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Captains[9]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[10]
- NATO code for grade: OF-2[11]
- Short name: kpt.[12], Yzb.[13], Cpt.[14], ร.อ.[15]
- Different from: captain lieutenant[16], Capitano[17], Captain of the guard[18], president[19], captain[20]
- Female form of label: capitana[21], kaptenska[22], capitaine[23], kapetanka[24], kapitonė[25], نقيبة[26]
- Male form of label: capitaine[27], kapetan[28], kapitonas[29], نقيب[30], capitán[31]
- Next lower rank: senior lieutenant[32], lieutenant[33]
- Next higher rank: major[34]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[35]
- ISCO-08 occupation class: 0110[36]
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Influence
Things named for captain include Kapi[37], an enterprise[38], in Spain[39], founded in 1950[40], headquartered in Barcelona[41].
Why It Matters
captain has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] captain is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Entities named for captain include Kapi[37], an enterprise[38], in Spain[39], founded in 1950[40], headquartered in Barcelona[41].