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lieutenant colonel Definition

lieutenant colonel

noun

U.S. Mil. an officer ranking above a major and below a colonel

lieutenant colonel Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: Eisenhower became a temporary lieutenant colonel during the First World War.

Noun used with modifier

  • police: FALLUJA - Gunmen killed a police lieutenant colonel and wounded his brother in Falluja, 35 miles west of Baghdad.

Modifies a noun

  • lt: Estate management plan families and the lieutenant colonel lt to work in.

Preposition: in

  • army: The son had been a lieutenant colonel in the army.