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captain

military rank of the United States ground forces and air forces
Intangible military_rank Q5036511
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captain

Summary

captain is a military rank[1]. captain ranks in the top 7% of military_rank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (658 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • captain is in the country of United States[3].
  • captain's instance of is recorded as military rank[4].
  • captain is a type of captain[5].
  • captain's Commons category is recorded as Captains of the United States[6].
  • captain's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Captains of the United States[7].
  • captain's NATO code for grade is recorded as OF-2[8].
  • captain's different from is recorded as captain[9].
  • captain's different from is recorded as captain[10].
  • captain's next higher rank is recorded as major[11].

Body

Definition and Type

captain's instance of is recorded as military rank[4]. captain is a type of captain[5].

Why It Matters

captain ranks in the top 7% of military_rank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (658 views/month).[2] captain has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] captain is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Cordell Hull Gregory Jarvis James Baker Jim Webb Rick Perry Ronald Reagan Ted Williams Tom Cotton United States William Conrad

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . defense.gov. defense.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · ~2026-30211-42 · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Next higher rank → major
    Different from → captain, captain
    Nato code for grade → OF-2
    Country → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8766]]: Army-USA-OF-02.svg"
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