sublieutenant
noun
a navy officer ranking next below a lieutenant.
sublieutenancy
-
a word derived from
sublieutenant.
Example Sentences
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Shortly after this he was promoted to a sublieutenancy.
From Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 by Sara Yorke Stevenson
"See if I don't get promoted to a sublieutenancy."
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
