Hyphenation of captains

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

cap-tains

Definitions of captains:

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

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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.