NOUN
- a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps holding the lowest rank
How To Use second lieutenant In A Sentence
- Apollyon was his Second Lieutenant, ranking below only Lady Alysia and the Prince himself.
- When the general found there were no additional seats on the plane, he bumped a second lieutenant.
- The bowsprit of the _Pique_ passing over the starboard-quarter of the _Blanche_, Captain Faulkner, aided by his second lieutenant and two others of his crew, was in the act of lashing the _Pique's_ bowsprit to her capstern, when he was shot by a musket-ball through the heart. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
- Maybe he can sell it to generals, but not many privates, corporals and second lieutenants.
- ROTC is an elective course of study, taken in conjunction with any academic major that, upon graduation, leads to a reserve commission as a second lieutenant in the army, air force, or Marine Corps or an ensign in the navy.
- Oliver North received his commission as Second Lieutenant in 1968.
- Graduates not only receive a Bachelor of Science degree but also a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
- _Fatima_, the first swab, as I told you, got an ugly scrape in the leg that prevented him from moving; so when the second lieutenant was put in charge of the dhow to take her up to Zanzibar, I was the only responsible man the captain could think of to send cruising with the pinnace, as the middy was a harum-scarum youngster, who hadn't got thought enough, and neither the boatswain nor Chips could be taken away from their duties without perhaps the ship suffering. The Penang Pirate and, The Lost Pinnace
- He was wearing the uniform of a second lieutenant in a cavalry regiment. Times, Sunday Times
- And, looking down, I saw him and the second lieutenant forthwith whip out their knives and begin hacking away at a creeper, wherewith to make grummets to assist them in their attempt at tree-climbing. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron