lieutenant colonel
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a major and below a colonel
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Solomon Bush earned the rank of lieutenant colonel in the American army; at the time, no Jew in Europe could serve as a military officer.
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Adam Jortner, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
John Henry Patterson, a railway administrator and a lieutenant colonel in the British Army, eventually shot and killed the two creatures, then wrote a book about the ordeal.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
Some lieutenant colonel from troop services with a mustache came by in an old Soviet car to welcome them.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Most notably, George Armstrong Custer was a brevet (acting) major general in the Civil War and reverted to captain after the war before eventually being promoted to lieutenant colonel.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2024
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Adam Jortner, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
John Henry Patterson, a railway administrator and a lieutenant colonel in the British Army, eventually shot and killed the two creatures, then wrote a book about the ordeal.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
Some lieutenant colonel from troop services with a mustache came by in an old Soviet car to welcome them.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Most notably, George Armstrong Custer was a brevet (acting) major general in the Civil War and reverted to captain after the war before eventually being promoted to lieutenant colonel.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Lieutenant colonel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lieutenant%20colonel. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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