Usually means: Second in command on ship.
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  1. Staff-Captain, staff-captain: Wordnik
  2. staff captain: Wiktionary
  3. staff captain: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. staff captain: Dictionary.com
  5. Staff captain: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Staff Captain: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (staff captain)

noun:  The holder of various military ranks, now usually translated from other languages. In the British Royal Navy the master of the fleet was ranked as a "Staff Captain" after 1864, just below the Captain, but he was not considered an executive branch officer and was not eligible for further promotion, though some exceptions were made.

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