senior ship of the line captain (English, noun)
expansion: senior ship of the line captain (plural senior ship of the line captains)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Military rank used in the navies of some Romance-speaking and European countries directly senior to ship of the line captains and other officers but junior to admirals. Equivalent to the rank of senior colonel in the army.
Forms:
form: senior ship of the line captains
tags: plural
form: senior ship-of-the-line captain
tags: alternative