Hyphenation of captain

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word captain? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

cap-tain

Definitions of captain:

1.	An officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
2.	The naval officer in command of a military ship
3.	A policeman in charge of a precinct
4.	An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
5.	The leader of a group of people A captain of industry
6.	The pilot in charge of an airship
7.	A dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
8.	Be the captain of a sports team

Synonyms of captain:

noun	commissioned military officer
noun	skipper, commissioned naval officer
noun	police captain, police chief, policeman, police officer, officer
noun	master, sea captain, skipper, officer, ship's officer
noun	chieftain, leader
noun	senior pilot, pilot, airplane pilot
noun	headwaiter, maitre d'hotel, maitre d', dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant
verb	head, lead

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.