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first lieutenant

  1. U.S. Mil. an officer ranking above a second lieutenant and below a captain
  2. U.S. Navy the officer in charge of maintenance of a ship or shore station

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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