port captain

noun

, Nautical.

During the stay in this port Captain Huon de Kermadec succumbed to a hectic fever from which he had long been suffering.

The port captain of Sandy Point warned me particularly of this danger.

Captain Mike Murphy, our new port captain, is going with me.

And if you don't like that answer help yourself to a new port captain.

"I could kill them for a greater crime than that," his port captain reminded him.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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