(Askeri) İKİNCİ SÜVARİ, İKİNCİ KAPTAN: Bir ticaret veya ordu nakliye gemisinde, gemi süvarisinin emri altında bulunan ve geminin güverte sorumlusu olan deniz ticaret subayı. Bu subay, gemi süvarisinin yardımcısıdır ve bulunmadığı zaman süvariye vakelet eder. Buna "first mate" de denir. Ayrıca bakınız: "master"
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Definition of first-mate in English English dictionary
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
An officer on a merchant ship ranking immediately below the captain. first officer an officer who has the rank just below captain on a ship that is not a military ship