captain ahab

language: fr

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.
    fr: Protagoniste de Moby-Dick

examples

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

    Le capitaine Achab ordonna de mettre les petites barques à l'eau pour chercher la baleine blanche.