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Cap'n

Meaning

"Cap'n" is a colloquial contraction of "captain," common in nautical or dialect speech. It's used to address a ship's master or, playfully, anyone seen as the one in charge.

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"The cap'n is Wolf Larsen, or so men call him. I never heard his other name. But you better speak soft with him. He is mad this morning. The mate-" But he did not finish. The cook had glided in. Jack London

You're either my ship's cook-and then you were treated handsome-or Cap'n Silver, a common mutineer and pirate, and then you can go hang! Robert Louis Stevenson

After the trial period has expired, the character starts attacking the player, but in EV Override, Cap'n Hector also steals the player's credits. Source: Internet

In addition to the attacks by Cap'n Hector, certain ships and technologies cannot be obtained after the thirty-day trial ends, and even before then, the game's story lines stop about two thirds of the way through, and plug-ins are not supported. Source: Internet

"He's used to it, you know," whispered Trot to her new friend, and indeed, Cap'n Bill took it all cheerfully and never minded a bit. Source: Internet

I will show how Cap'n Proto improves upon previous-generation data interchange systems such as Protocol Buffers and JSON. Source: Internet

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