first mate

English

Noun

first mate (plural first mates)

(nautical) 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.

Synonyms

chief officer
chief mate
first officer

Translations

nautical: officer next in rank to the captain

Chinese:
Mandarin: 大副 (zh) (dàfù)
Dutch: eerste stuurman m
Finnish: perämies (fi), ensimmäinen perämies, yliperämies (fi)
French: second (fr) m, second capitaine m
Greek: ύπαρχος (el) m (ýparchos)
Irish: ardmháta m, céad mháta m
Italian: secondo di bordo m, seconda di bordo f
Portuguese: imediato (pt) m
Russian: помо́щник капита́на m (pomóščnik kapitána)
Spanish: primer oficial de cubierta m, primera oficial de cubierta f
Swedish: förste styrman (sv) c
Turkish: ikinci kaptan
Welsh: mêt m, mêts m pl

Further reading

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Anagrams

first team

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