lieutenant colonel
- a commissioned officer ranking next below a colonel and next above a major.
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Origin of lieutenant colonel
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Examples from the Web for lieutenant colonel
Contemporary Examples
The Israeli military quickly suspended the officer, a lieutenant-colonel, and stressed that the beating ran against Army policies.
Lieutenant-Colonel Abercromby, who had led the only serious sortie from Yorktown, chewed his sword in impotent rage.
Historical Examples
On the same day Lieutenant-Colonel Gresham was forced by ill-health to leave us.
With Manchesters in the EastGerald B. Hurst
In 1748, he was a lieutenant-colonel in the Swiss guards, in the service of Holland.
Chronicles of Border WarfareAlexander Scott Withers
He was a lieutenant-colonel, just one step above my own rank.
War from the InsideFrederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
Lieutenant-Colonel Albright was leading our regiment and I was by his side.
War from the InsideFrederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
This was no less than the removal of our Lieutenant-Colonel.
The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, CompleteCharles James Lever (1806-1872)
lieutenant colonel
- an officer holding commissioned rank immediately junior to a colonel in certain armies, air forces, and marine corps
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