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Walt Whitman: O Captain! My Captain!
O Captain! My Captain!O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all…Fire Captain
Anonymous Tell us about your work -- what do you do? I am employed by the City of Tallahassee Fire Department . I hold the position of Fire Captain. For…Brewer's: Captain
Capitano del Popolo, i.e. Garibaldi (1807-1882). The Great Captain (el gran capitano). Gonzalvo di Cordova (1453-1515.) Manuel Comnenus of Trebizond (1120,1143-1180) Source: Dictionary…Captain Jack
(Encyclopedia) Captain Jack (d. 1873), subchief of the Modoc and leader of the hostile group in the Modoc War (1872–73). Jack, whose Modoc name was KintpuashCaptain Jackkĭntˈp&oomacr;äsh [key],…Brewer's: Led Captain
(A). An obsequious person, who dances attendance on the master and mistress of a house, for which service he has a knife and fork at the dinner table. He is led like a dog, and always…Brewer's: Great Captain
(See Captain.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Great Cham of LiteratureGreat Bullet-head A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…Brewer's: Captain Podd
A showman. So called from “Captain” Podd, a famous puppet-showman in the time of Ben Jonson. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Captain StiffCaptain…Brewer's: Captain Stiff
To come Captain Stiff over one. To treat one with cold formality. “I shouldn't quite come Captain Stiff over him.” —S. Warren: Ten Thousand a Year. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…Brewer's: Copper Captain
(A). A Brummagem captain; a “General von Poffenburgh.” Michael Perez is so called in Rule a Wife and have a Wife, by Beaumont and Fletcher. “To this copper-captain was confided the command…Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Director:John MaddenWriter:Shawn SlovoUniversal Pictures; R; 120 minutesRelease:8/01Cast:Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, John Hurt History's at odds with romance but filmmakers tend to believe…