first mate

English

Noun

first mate (plural first mates)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• chief officer
• chief mate
• first officer

Translations

nautical: officer next in rank to the captain

• Finnish: perämies (fi), ensimmäinen (fi) perämies, yliperämies (fi)
• French: second (fr) m
• Greek: ύπαρχος (el) m (ýparchos)
• Irish: ardmháta m, céad mháta m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: imediato (pt) m
• Russian: помо́щник капита́на m (pomóščnik kapitána)
• Swedish: förste styrman c
• Welsh: mêt m, mêts m pl

Anagrams

• first team