lieutenant colonel

Aliaksandr Azarau was a lieutenant colonel in Belarus’s police force, and before that, he worked to combat organized crime and corruption for the Ministry of Interior.
Hackers are trying to topple Belarus’s dictator, with help from the inside|Patrick Howell O'Neill|August 26, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Parker, an engineer who had graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic, had served with Grant in the Civil War as a commissioned lieutenant colonel, and transcribed the terms of Lee’s surrender at Appomattox in part because of his excellent handwriting.
Walker and the “Indian Question”|Simson Garfinkel ’87, PhD ’05|August 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review
When a top Mobutu confidant named Colonel Alphonse Bangala purchased the island, Lometcha bought shares.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was a young Army Air Force lieutenant whose plane crashed in the Pacific in May 1943.
Dick Cheney vs. ‘Unbroken’|Mike Barnicle|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Neary had held the rank of lieutenant since 1983 and received multiple commendations during nearly four decades on the job.
The Mystery Death Of A Female Firefighter|Christopher Moraff|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Those who spoke out against it included a fellow Air Force colonel, Lindsay Graham, who also happens to be a U.S. senator.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built|Michael Daly|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Why has Michael Bloomberg replaced his longtime lieutenant with the editor-in-chief of The Economist?
Inside Bloomberg News’ Shock Shake-Up|Lloyd Grove|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the end of the campaign the Emperor justly rewarded his lieutenant by creating him Prince of Wagram.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The Colonel and his two friends rode back towards the south, from whence they came.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
"Colonel Shaffer is a few miles to the west with about five hundred men," replied Harry.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
He was a member of the first provincial congress, and eighteen years lieutenant governor of the state of New York.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The tailor of the fairy tale with his "seven at a blow" is not in it with the gunnery Lieutenant of a battleship.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for lieutenant colonel

lieutenant colonel

noun

an officer holding commissioned rank immediately junior to a colonel in certain armies, air forces, and marine corps

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