Post-captain

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Post-captain \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.
     [1913 Webster]