English Explanatory Dictionary

Captain Queeg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An irrationally oppressive and bad-tempered person.

Word forms

Captain Queeg Captain Queegs

Etymology

After a character in the 1951 novel The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk.

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