These are the meanings of the letters IAPTACN when you unscramble them.
- Captain (a.)
Chief; superior.
- Captain (n.)
A head, or chief officer
- Captain (n.)
A military leader; a warrior.
- Captain (n.)
A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team.
- Captain (n.)
An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.
- Captain (n.)
By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.
- Captain (n.)
One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
- Captain (n.)
The foreman of a body of workmen.
- Captain (n.)
The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
- Captain (n.)
The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.
- Captain (v. t.)
To act as captain of; to lead.