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first mate
noun
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
• Syn: ↑mate
• Hypernyms: ↑officer, ↑ship's officer

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the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the captain. Also called chief mate, chief officer, first officer, mate.

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first mate UK US noun [countable] [singular first mate plural first mates]
an officer of high rank on a ship that is not part of the navy
Thesaurus: merchant navyhyponym

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n. the deck officer second in command to the master of a merchant ship

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ˌfirst ˈmate f25 [first mate] (also ˌfirst ˈofficer) noun
the officer on a commercial ship just below the rank of captain or ↑master
See also: ↑first officer

Useful english dictionary. 2012.