post-captain (English, noun)
expansion: post-captain (plural post-captains)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A captain of the 18th or 19th-century Royal Navy in command of a vessel, with his subsequent promotions almost always determined by seniority rather than merit or ability.
tags: UK
informal
obsolete
Forms:
form: post-captains
tags: plural
form: post captain
tags: alternative
form: postcaptain
tags: alternative