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sublieutenant

American

[suhb-loo-ten-uhnt] / ˌsʌb luˈtɛn ənt /

noun

British. a navy officer ranking next below a lieutenant.

sublieutenant British

/ ˌsʌbləˈtɛnənt /

noun

the most junior commissioned officer in the Royal Navy and certain other navies

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Other Word Forms

sublieutenancy noun

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

"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

By 1940 he was a sublieutenant in the Fleet Air Arm.

From Time Magazine Archive

He entered the Army's Military Academy, became a sublieutenant at 18, a full lieutenant at 20.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It beats me how any man can keep a coat on him this weather," he remarked, and the sublieutenant noticed that the streams that ran down both his temples were not sea water.

From Told in the East by Mundy, Talbot

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