lieutenant junior grade

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noun U.S. Navy.

a commissioned officer ranking above an ensign and below a lieutenant.

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Origin of lieutenant junior grade

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby lieutenant junior grade

lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant commander, lieutenant general, lieutenant governor, lieutenant junior grade, lieve, Lièvre, lie with, LIF, Lifar

How to use lieutenant junior grade in a sentence

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I know the verse because Mrs. Bertalan used to have us do it in ninth-grade choir.
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