sublieutenant

My dear young lady, the Sublieutenant cried, approaching her with a leer.
The Fall of a Nation|Thomas Dixon
The Colonel bent low over his cups and laughed at a joke the Sublieutenant whispered.
The Fall of a Nation|Thomas Dixon
A sublieutenant sabers a student who had inadvertently jogged his elbow.
Comrade Kropotkin|Victor Robinson
Sublieutenant Boucher, apparently a mere lad, was in command, and handled his ship with the skill of an older sailor.
Sailing Alone Around The World|Joshua Slocum

"He says he wants a tow for that boat of his," reported the sublieutenant.
Told in the East|Talbot Mundy

British Dictionary definitions for sublieutenant

sublieutenant

/ (ˌsʌbləˈtɛnənt) /

noun

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

Derived forms of sublieutenant

sublieutenancy, noun

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