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The Director of Companies was our captain and our host.
Joseph Conrad • Heart of Darkness (Penguin Classics)
Captain, cool and calm, always master of himself,
Jules Verne • Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

The Language of Flowers

Killick was a cross-grained bastard, who supposed that if he sprinkled his discourse with a good many sirs, the words in between did not signify: but still he had procured this coffee, these eggs, this butter, this soft tack, on shore and had put them on the table the morning after a hot engagement – ship still cleared for action and the galley
... See morePatrick O'Brian • HMS Surprise
The Chief’s quarters on board a sub are known as the Goat Locker, said to date back to the days when livestock were carried on board and when one particular goat became the mascot on the US sub New York
Susie Dent • Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain
all that forenoon Jack hurried up and down the line in his barge, dispensing officers, gunners, discreet advice and encouragement, and stores of affability. This affability was rarely forced, for most of the captains were right seamen, and given their fiery commodore’s strong lead they set to with a determination that made Jack love them.
Patrick O'Brian • HMS Surprise
Mr. Printz, the managing director of Hoffmann & Co.,