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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

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sublieutenant

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

Lord Louis was a lowly sublieutenant when World War I ended.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

In 1785 he was commissioned as a sublieutenant in the army.

From McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

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