second-in-command
noun
: someone who is ranked second in a group or organization
the police chief's second-in-command
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The teenager loves and admires her father, offering to help with his work often at the expense of her own (home)work, and Lee is usually happy to have an encouraging second-in-command.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Friedrich Kadgien was a financial advisor to Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring, Hitler's second-in-command, according to the Associated Press and ABC News.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Crowe, who hasn’t been nominated since 2001’s A Beautiful Mind, plays Hitler’s second-in-command, Hermann Göring.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
The bulk of his collection was looted by Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler’s second-in-command and to whom Kadgien was a senior aide.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Friedrich Kadgien was a financial advisor to Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring, Hitler's second-in-command, according to the Associated Press and ABC News.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Crowe, who hasn’t been nominated since 2001’s A Beautiful Mind, plays Hitler’s second-in-command, Hermann Göring.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
The bulk of his collection was looted by Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler’s second-in-command and to whom Kadgien was a senior aide.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for second-in-command
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