captain ahab

language: en

definitions

  1. The central character and captain of the Pequod in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick, characterized by his monomaniacal obsession with hunting a white sperm whale.
    en: The central character and captain of the Pequod in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick, characterized by his monomaniacal obsession with hunting a white sperm whale.

examples

  1. Captain Ahab ordered the small boats into the water to search for the white whale.

    Captain Ahab ordered the small boats into the water to search for the white whale.