first mate
first mate · first mates
помощник капитана
Kollege, Freund, Gegenstück
An officer on a merchant ship next in rank to the captain and responsible to the…An officer on a merchant ship next in rank to the captain and responsible to the captain for the safety and security of the ship.
» Rather than some swashbuckling pirate, I would much rather read about his first mate.
Meaning
1 sensesAn officer on a merchant ship next in rank to the captain and responsible to the captain for the safety and security of the ship.
помо́щник капита́наpomóščnik kapitána
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
Examples
1 sentencesRather than some swashbuckling pirate, I would much rather read about his first mate.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
nautical: officer next in rank to the captain:
Forms
plural: first mates| Singular | first mate |
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| Plural | first mates |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymschief matefirst officerchief officer
Close in meaning
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship:mate