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captain-lieuˈtenant
A military officer who commanded a company or troop, with a captain's rank, and lieutenant's pay. (The rank no longer exists.)
a1658Cromwell in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. II. 278 My captain-lieutenant slew him. 1745Observ. Conc. Navy 48 In the Army there are Captain-Lieutenants whose Commissions are superiour to all other Lieutenants and inferiour to Captains. 1770Davies in Phil. Trans. LX. 187 Tho. Davies, Captain Lieutenant of Artillery. c1880Grant Hist. India I. lvi. 289/2 Captain-Lieutenant Clark..was struck on the breast by a spent ball. |