co-captain
noun[ C ]
(alsococaptain)uk /ˈkəʊˌkæp.tɪn/ us /ˈkoʊˌkæp.tən/
one of two the two or more leaders of a sports team:
co-captain ofHe was a co-captain of the school's soccer team.
She was named as co-captain alongside Crawford.
She was co-captain for the Australian team in 2018.
He was one the university basketball team's co-captains.
Woods talked about being a Ryder Cup cocaptain.
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co-captain
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈkəʊˌkæp.tɪn/ us /ˈkoʊˌkæp.tən/
to lead and be captain of a team together with one or more other people:
She co-captained the hockey team last year.
He co-captained the 1960 gold medal winning U. S. Olympic basketball team.
The team was co-captained by Willis and Meyer.
The pair are top scorers with both of them co-captaining the team.
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