lieutenant commander
a commissioned officer ranking next below a commander and next above a lieutenant.
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For another, the governor has a gold-plated resume that includes legislative experience from a stint in Congress, degrees from Yale University and Harvard Law School, and even military service as a former lieutenant commander in the Navy.
Desperate, Deranged DeSantis Devolves Into Dumb Troll | Ruben Navarrette Jr. | November 5, 2021 | The Daily BeastSmith, a lieutenant commander, is playing SEC football 11 years after he walked on at Notre Dame.
A 32-year-old Naval officer had some free time, so he walked on to Vanderbilt’s football team | Steven Godfrey | September 9, 2021 | Washington PostA lieutenant commander in the Navy, he was knock-out handsome with a smile that would melt a glacier.
To such a man as Lieutenant-Commander Tipping, however, the call of the sea may quite understandably have been imperative.
The Heroic Record of the British Navy | Archibald HurdHis mates assisted him to do this by rubbing his face on the iron deck before the Lieutenant-Commander's feet.
The Story of Our Submarines | John Graham Bower
Young lieutenant commander Gilbertson gave her a somewhat jaundiced look.
Industrial Revolution | Poul William AndersonYou and your crew behaved splendidly, lieutenant-commander, best traditions, and all that sort of thing.
Uller Uprising | Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr"I would call it very simple," replied lieutenant commander Wales.
Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service | H. Irving Hancock
British Dictionary definitions for lieutenant commander
an officer holding commissioned rank in certain navies immediately junior to a commander
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