first mate

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ˌfirst ˈmate (also first officer) noun [countable]  TTWBOan officer who has the rank just below captain on a ship that is not a military ship 大副

Examples from the Corpus

first mate• This, his first mate, is known as the primary female.• Three times he watched his first mate get blown to bits.• She must be mated again, and the first mate has to guard her or risk his groundwork going to benefit another.• The captain read the funeral service and the first mate raised the plank and tipped the small bundle into the water.• Starbuck and Ahab almost communicate with each other as the first mate pleads with Ahab to repudiate this vengeful mission.• It was like a shipwreck, where the resourceful child passenger becomes the first mate.• Here then the first mate and the captain are diametrically opposed.

ˌfirst ˈmate nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus the captain an just has officer who rank below

first mate
ˌfirst ˈmate (also first officer) noun [countable]
an officer who has the rank just below captain on a ship that is not a military ship

first mateBrE /ˌfɜːst ˈmeɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfɜːrst ˈmeɪt/ 🔊 (also ˌfirst ˈofficer) nounthe officer on a commercial ship just below the rank of captain or master （商船的）大副