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
"Shall we go up to the conning-tower?" inquired the flag lieutenant of the admiral.
From Banzai! by Parabellum by Grautoff, Ferdinand Heinrich
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
The flag lieutenant is the personal aide of the fleet commander.
From Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
I had landed at Greenwich wharf on duty—this was the nearest point of communication between Port Royal and the Admiral's Pen—where, finding the flag lieutenant, he drove me up in his ketureen to lunch.
From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael
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