second lieutenant

noun

U.S. Military.

1. an Army, Air Force, or Marine officer of the lowest commissioned rank.

second lieutenant

noun

1. an officer holding the lowest commissioned rank in the armed forces of certain nations

Word History and Origins

Origin of second lieutenant¹

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

Those same leaders have been doing a bang-up job dismantling the America I thought I was serving when I took that oath and put on second lieutenant’s bars four decades ago.

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Between shows and dances, she wrote letters to her older brother, Gene M. Hirsch, a second lieutenant in the U.S.

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Mr Smith joined the US Marine Corps as a second lieutenant after graduating from Yale University.

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He was quickly promoted to junior officer and then second lieutenant, at a time when the US army was desperate for soldiers.

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After graduating, he enlisted in the Marine Corps, earned a commission as a second lieutenant and served in various locations in the United States and Japan.

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