flag lieutenant

British  

noun

1. an admiral's ADC

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Example Sentences

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

Admiral Thomas Timworth, seated at his desk, and with his flag lieutenant standing by, greeted his callers with exceeding briskness.

From Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

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 Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

"Good night, Simpson," said the Admiral, when his flag lieutenant reported that the message was in the hands of the wireless operator.

From Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

He scarcely heard the words of the flag lieutenant who called out to him: "That's the Japanese Satsuma, Togo's Satsuma!"

From Banzai! by Parabellum by Grautoff, Ferdinand Heinrich