Lieutenant-colonelcy
//lɛfˌtɛnəntˈkəːnəlsi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The position of lieutenant-colonel.
"Three years later, at the outbreak of the Revolution, he accepted a lieutenant-colonelcy in ‘La Légion Américaine’, a newly formed all-black unit led by the dashing swordsman and virtuoso violinist Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George."
Example
More examples"Three years later, at the outbreak of the Revolution, he accepted a lieutenant-colonelcy in ‘La Légion Américaine’, a newly formed all-black unit led by the dashing swordsman and virtuoso violinist Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George."
Etymology
From lieutenant-colonel + -cy.
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