captain-lieutenant
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captain-lieutenant
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noun captain-lieutenants · captain lieutenant · lieutenant captain · lieutenant-captain
- A rank sitting below captain, the subordinate captain, secondary captain to a captain
- The rank of a captain filling the captaincy position whose official dejure captain is a higher ranked officer, beyond captain, where the role has been seconded to the captain-lieutenant.
- A rank sitting below captain.
- Equivalent of commander, lieutenant colonel, major, lieutenant commander
- A rank sitting above lieutenant.
- A rank sitting above captain, the leading captain, senior captain of captains
- A junior captain, a captaincy rank below captains
- A captaincy rank below senior captains
- A captaincy rank below line captain, ship-of-the-line captain, line-of-battle captain, battleship captain.
- A captain junior to full captains, but otherwise the same as full captains
- A lieutenancy rank
- A senior lieutenant, a lieutenant above other lieutenants
- Equivalent of senior lieutenant, first lieutenant, lieutenant, senior grade, full lieutenant, lieutenant commander
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see captain, lieutenant.
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noun equivalently named
| Português | capitão-tenente |
|---|---|
| Français | capitaine-lieutenant |
| Deutsch | Kapitänleutnant |
| Русский | капитан-лейтенант kapitan-lejtenant |
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