FIRST MATE meaning: Second in command on ship

We found 23 dictionaries that define the word first mate:

General (19 matching dictionaries)

first mate: Merriam-Webster
first mate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
first mate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
first mate: Collins English Dictionary
first mate: Vocabulary.com
first-mate, first mate: Wordnik
first mate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
first mate: Wiktionary
first mate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
first mate: Infoplease Dictionary
First mate, first mate: Dictionary.com
First Mate, First mate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
first mate: Rhymezone
first mate: FreeDictionary.org
first mate: Mnemonic Dictionary
first mate: TheFreeDictionary.com
first mate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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first mate: Encyclopedia

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first mate: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)

SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
First Mate (Chief Mate): Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (first mate)

▸ noun: (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.

Types:

bosun, chief mate, second mate, third mate, more...

Adjectives:

marine, legion, maverick, premier, coy, gi, partisan, master, territorial, paramilitary, unit

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