flag lieutenant
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He was aide and flag lieutenant in Battleship Force One when Washington called him ashore, gave him a job in the Naval Overseas Transportation Service.
From Time Magazine Archive
In about an hour afterwards, he sent his flag lieutenant, who spoke English, on board the Actæon, to inquire why we had only fired fifteen guns when he had paid 46the compliment of seventeen.
From Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 by John Auldjo
Adolph Marix was the flag lieutenant of the Dispatch, the same who was afterwards the judge- advocate of the court of inquiry on the Maine disaster.
From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by Trumbull White
Lieutenant Brumby, flag lieutenant, and Ensign W. P. Scott, aid, performed their duties as signal officers in a highly creditable manner.
From The Boys of '98 by James Otis
As my flag-midshipman, Mr. Embleton, I could very well have you, as well as my flag lieutenant, at my table, but I think that it would be better for you to mess with the officers.
From With Cochrane the Dauntless by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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