flag lieutenant

How to use flag lieutenant in a sentence

• Somehow there was no conveyance in waiting, not even a rickshaw, so Maynebrace and his flag-lieutenant had to walk.

  The Dreadnought of the Air | Percy F. Westerman

• And a little more work than when you were playing flag-lieutenant, eh?

  Captain Brand of the "Centipede" | H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise

• First came the flag lieutenant, followed shortly by the Admiral's legs.

  From Snotty to Sub | Wolstan Beaumont Charles Weld Forester

• "It will be our turn presently," the flag lieutenant said, as he turned a sheaf of signals just passed up to him.

  Stories of the Ships | Lewis R. Freeman

• Giving my arm a friendly squeeze in passing, he disappeared down the ladder, followed by his flag lieutenant.

  Stories of the Ships | Lewis R. Freeman