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Sublieutenant   Listen
noun
Sublieutenant  n.  An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank.





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"Sublieutenant" Quotes from Famous Books



... captain took five or six of us aside, and spoke to us about it, long and furiously. He was a fine fellow, that captain. He had been a sublieutenant in the Zouaves, was tall and thin and as hard as steel, and during the whole campaign he had cut out their work for the Germans. He fretted in inactivity, and could not accustom himself to the idea of being a ...
— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant


Words linked to "Sublieutenant" :   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain, U.K., lieutenant, UK, Britain


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