sublieutenant
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sublieutenant
First recorded in 1695–1705; sub- + lieutenant
Example Sentences
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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
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
Wounded the next year, he returned to school as a sublieutenant wearing the Obihch medal for "personal courage."
From Time Magazine Archive
As a naval sublieutenant he served in a gun turret on the H. M. S. Collingswood at Jutland in 1916, biggest World War naval engagement.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sublieutenant hauled himself in turn to windward.
From Told in the East by Talbot Mundy
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