sublieutenant
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of sublieutenant
First recorded in 1695–1705; sub- + lieutenant
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The next year, with Britain at war, the 19-year-old Philip went to sea as a sublieutenant aboard the battleship Ramillies in the Mediterranean fleet.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2021
Emerging from the war as a dashing sublieutenant who had served at the Battle of Jutland, the young lord soon married a beautiful heiress named Edwina Ashley.
From Time Magazine Archive
Commissioned a sublieutenant, Nuri rode back to Baghdad, slim, handsome in the mustache sprouted in Constantinople, and fiercely proud of his uniform.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I saw the original when I was a sublieutenant in His Majesty's army in 1917, and I can tell you that this production is even better."
From Time Magazine Archive
Just as I entered, a staff sublieutenant, arrested in the Rue St. Maur, was being led in.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
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