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lieutenant colonel

noun

U.S. Military.
  1. a commissioned officer ranking next below a colonel and next above a major.


lieutenant colonel

noun

  1. an officer holding commissioned rank immediately junior to a colonel in certain armies, air forces, and marine corps
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lieutenant colonel1

First recorded in 1590–1600
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Charity Adams, who, after being promoted to lieutenant colonel, became the highest ranking Black woman in the U.S.

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Gabbard, a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve who served in Iraq, has long been critical of foreign policy establishment.

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The pilot is Scott “Kidd” Poteet, 50, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel.

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By war’s end, he was a lieutenant colonel, and he came back to L.A. persuaded that America needed to keep its peacetime ears on a wartime footing.

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The pilot is Scott “Kidd” Poteet, 50, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who has logged 400 hours of combat flight time and has served as an executive at Shift4.

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