POST-CAPTAIN - Definition

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	Definition:	Post Captain In the second volume of Patrick O`Brian`s Aubrey/Maturin series, Jack Aubrey escapes from a French prison and returns to England to face his creditors. He meets Sophia Williams--destined to become his wife--while Stephen Maturin becomes involved with the faithless Diana Villiers. A near-mutiny and a particularly bloody encounter with a French ship provide Jack and Stephen with their usual share of adventure on the high seas. more details ...

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Post"-cap`tain\, n. A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was ``posted,'' in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse.