lieutenant colonel
noun
: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a major and below a colonel
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The group is led by Dmitry Utkin, a 52-year-old former special forces officer and lieutenant colonel in the GRU, the foreign intelligence agency of the Russian military. 
Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 But in the Alaska State Defense Force, Gerace started as a lieutenant colonel. Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022 The Coast Guard works closely with the Army and Navy, helps with counterintelligence and serves as the country's maritime border patrol, said O'Grady, an Army reservist and lieutenant colonel judge advocate. CBS News, 28 July 2022 The Coast Guard works closely with the Army and Navy, helps with counterintelligence and serves as the country’s maritime border patrol, said O’Grady, an Army reservist and lieutenant colonel judge advocate. Jennifer Sinco Kelleher And Brian Melley, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022 But here, unexpectedly, was a Nazi soldier, a lieutenant colonel no less, one who had commanded obedience, and was himself obliged to obey—to do what? Cynthia Ozick, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 Casey was South Carolina's first female fighter pilot, enlisting with the state's Air National Guard's 157th Fighter Squadron in 1996 and attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. Meg Kinnard, ajc, 1 Aug. 2022 He was honorably discharged from active duty in 1947 and retired from the reserves in 1969 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2022 Kinzinger flew combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq and remains a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard. Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2022 See More
Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 But in the Alaska State Defense Force, Gerace started as a lieutenant colonel. Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022 The Coast Guard works closely with the Army and Navy, helps with counterintelligence and serves as the country's maritime border patrol, said O'Grady, an Army reservist and lieutenant colonel judge advocate. CBS News, 28 July 2022 The Coast Guard works closely with the Army and Navy, helps with counterintelligence and serves as the country’s maritime border patrol, said O’Grady, an Army reservist and lieutenant colonel judge advocate. Jennifer Sinco Kelleher And Brian Melley, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022 But here, unexpectedly, was a Nazi soldier, a lieutenant colonel no less, one who had commanded obedience, and was himself obliged to obey—to do what? Cynthia Ozick, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 Casey was South Carolina's first female fighter pilot, enlisting with the state's Air National Guard's 157th Fighter Squadron in 1996 and attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. Meg Kinnard, ajc, 1 Aug. 2022 He was honorably discharged from active duty in 1947 and retired from the reserves in 1969 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2022 Kinzinger flew combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq and remains a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard. Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1598, in the meaning defined above