Usually means: Naval officer above commander rank.
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  1. post-captain: Wordnik
  2. post-captain: Wiktionary
  3. Post-captain, post-captain: Dictionary.com
  4. Post-Captain, Post-captain: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Post-captain: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. post-captain: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Post-captain: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. post-captain: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Post-captain: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (post-captain)

noun:  (UK military, informal, obsolete) A captain of the 18th or 19th-century Royal Navy in command of a vessel, with his subsequent promotions almost always determined by seniority rather than merit or ability.

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