This title is met with fairly frequently, since there are both military and civilian captains of various kinds. As an army rank, captain is above lieutenant and below major. Thus the high-ranking brigadier in The Facemaker, by Richard Gordon, is able...

Captain is a rank or title with various meanings. The word came to English via French from the Latin capitaneus ("chief") which is itself derived from the Latin word caput ("head"). The term has different meanings in nautical, army, aviation, police and...