English Explanatory Dictionary

ship of the line lieutenant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Most senior junior officer used in the navies of some Romance-speaking or European countries, usually equal in rank to the Anglophone rank of lieutenant.

Word forms

ship of the line lieutenant ship of the line lieutenants ship-of-the-line lieutenant

Etymology

From ship of the line + lieutenant. A Lieutenant of a ship of the line.

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