lieutenant colonel
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a major and below a colonel
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Although the army claimed that the shootings were a tragic accident, the attorney general found that the informant had been planted by the traffickers and that the lieutenant colonel who led the troops had organized the ambush.
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Tim Golden, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2025
Of course, American institutions and traditions are far stronger than Russia’s fragile post-Soviet democracy was when Putin took over from Boris Yeltsin, who had already done his share of damage before anointing the former KGB lieutenant colonel to be his successor in 1999.
—Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
The soldier, a former lieutenant colonel, asked to be identified only by his first name, Mario, for fear of reprisals.
—John Otis, NPR, 27 May 2025
Former governor and congressman Archibald Yell, who had resigned his position in Congress specifically to be part of the war effort, was selected as colonel of the unit, with John Selden Roane and Solon Borland elected as lieutenant colonel and major, respectively.
—Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025
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Tim Golden, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2025
Of course, American institutions and traditions are far stronger than Russia’s fragile post-Soviet democracy was when Putin took over from Boris Yeltsin, who had already done his share of damage before anointing the former KGB lieutenant colonel to be his successor in 1999.
—Garry Kasparov, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
The soldier, a former lieutenant colonel, asked to be identified only by his first name, Mario, for fear of reprisals.
—John Otis, NPR, 27 May 2025
Former governor and congressman Archibald Yell, who had resigned his position in Congress specifically to be part of the war effort, was selected as colonel of the unit, with John Selden Roane and Solon Borland elected as lieutenant colonel and major, respectively.
—Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025
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“Lieutenant colonel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lieutenant%20colonel. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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