"first mate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: first mates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: chief officer, chief mate, first officer Translations (nautical: officer next in rank to the captain): 大副 (dàfù) (Chinese Mandarin), eerste stuurman [masculine] (Dutch), perämies (Finnish), ensimmäinen perämies (Finnish), yliperämies (Finnish), second [masculine] (French), second capitaine [masculine] (French), ύπαρχος (ýparchos) [masculine] (Greek), ardmháta [masculine] (Irish), céad mháta [masculine] (Irish), secondo di bordo [masculine] (Italian), seconda di bordo [feminine] (Italian), imediato [masculine] (Portuguese), помо́щник капита́на (pomóščnik kapitána) [masculine] (Russian), primer oficial de cubierta [masculine] (Spanish), primera oficial de cubierta [feminine] (Spanish), förste styrman [common-gender] (Swedish), ikinci kaptan (Turkish), mêt [masculine] (Welsh), mêts [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-first_mate-en-noun-RM0~yGi4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Greek terms with redundant script codes Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "nautical: officer next in rank to the captain",
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