LIEUTENANT COMMANDER Definition & Meaning

lieutenant commander

noun

U.S. Navy.

a commissioned officer ranking next below a commander and next above a lieutenant.

lieutenant commander

noun

an officer holding commissioned rank in certain navies immediately junior to a commander

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Origin of lieutenant commander¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

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He also served in the Korean War in the 1950s and reached the rank of lieutenant commander.

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The South African National Defense Force, which comprises all the armed forces, said a female officer with the rank of lieutenant commander was among the three who died.

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It took at least 10 years for Bartindale to go from lieutenant commander in the Navy to outdoor bookseller in Ojai.

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A joint duty officer at Panmunjom must be a lieutenant commander with a master’s degree in East Asian studies and rigorous Korean language training.

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“I was sincerely trying to help people in trouble,” Reed, a lieutenant commander in the Navy during World War II, said as he was booked.

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