second-in-command

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second-in-command

noun seconds-in-command

Somebody ranking next below a commander.
Someone ranking next below the person in charge. Allan was first William Buddicom's and then Trevithick's second-in-command, at Edge Hill and at Crewe successively, for the period of 13½ years from February, 1840, to September, 1853, when he left Crewe to become Superintendent of the Scottish Central Railway.
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@misc{second_in_command_2026,
  title = {second-in-command},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/second-in-command},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}