senior ship of the line captain

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senior ship of the line captain (plural senior ship of the line captains)

  1. (military) Military rank used in the navies of some Romance-speaking and European countries directly senior to ship of the line captains and other officers but junior to admirals. Equivalent to the rank of senior colonel in the army.

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