lieutenant colonel

noun

: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a major and below a colonel

Examples of lieutenant colonel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During the Vietnam War era, the Witherspoon family lived for four years in Wiesbaden, Germany, where John was stationed as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve while fulfilling his military obligation, according to a 2002 Vanity Fair article. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

He was stationed as a lieutenant colonel in Wiesbaden, Germany, which meant that Reese spent the first four years of her life with her family in Europe. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Aug. 2026

Colin Pascal is a retired Army lieutenant colonel and a senior fellow at the Orion Policy Institute. — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2026

The Israeli military said four soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, were killed in an attack on a tank in a village near the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh. — Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lieutenant colonel

• diurnal
• eternal
• external
• fraternal
• infernal
• internal
• maternal
• nocturnal
• paternal
• pimpernel
• journal
• kernel

Kids Definition

lieutenant colonel

noun

: a military commissioned officer with a rank just below that of colonel