Lieutenant Colonel

Definition: Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant Colonel

Noun

1. A commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Lieutenant Colonel

Master

Marshal, field marshal, marechal; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier, hetman; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon.

Crosswords: Lieutenant Colonel

French (lieutenant colonel).

We're in the business of saving lives, Lieutenant Colonel Markinson. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Vindication of My Conduct: The Court Martial Trial of Lieutenant Colonel George Etherington of the 60th or Royal American Regiment held on the Island of St. Lucia in the West Indies, October 1781 and the Extraordinary Story of the Surrender of the Islan (reference)

• Bat-21: Based on the True Story of Lieutenant Colonel Iceal E. Hambleton, Usaf (reference)

• Lieutenant Colonel (reference)

• Lieutenant Colonel Emily U. Miller : a biography (reference)

• Taking the Stand: The Testimony of Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Along the road from Lima to Huancayo, Peru Lieutenant Commander A. P. Ratti, C&GS, on right Lieutenant Colonel Pedro A. Delgado, Peruvian Army on right Planning cooperative survey project with Peru. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Closing the Falaise Gap Lieutenant Colonel Earle Deily of the 17th FAOB joins up with Canadian unit Front page of New York Times, August 1944. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Lieutenant Colonel Earle Deily inspecting the remnants of the Maginot Line 17th FAOB Photo from 17th FAOB Album. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Painting by Sergeant Vaughn A. Bass, of the 4th Air Force Historical Section, based on information provided by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas G. Lanphier, Jr. It depicts then-Captain Lanphier's P-38 "Lightning" fighter shooting down a "Betty" bomber that was carrying Admiral Yamamoto. Another P-38 is attacking one of the "Zero" fighters that formed the Admiral's escort. This action took place near Kahili, Bougainville, on 18 April 1943. Credit: NAVY.

Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle (left front), leader of the attacking force, and Captain Marc A. Mitscher, Commanding Officer of USS Hornet (CV-8), pose with a 500-pound bomb and USAAF aircrew members during ceremonies on Hornet's flight deck, while the raid task force was en route to the launching point. Credit: NAVY.

Incoming and outgoing ComCarDiv17 with staff officers, on board the Division flagship, circa December 1946. Those present are (from left to right): Lieutenant Lewis L. Poynter, USN; Major James E. Johnson, USMC; Lieutenant Commander Edward J. Drozdz, USN; Rear Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN, outgoing ComCarDiv17; Captain Devere L. Day, USN; Rear Admiral John M. Hoskins, incoming ComCarDiv17; Commander Wilmer E. Rawie, USN; Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton Lawrence, USMC, or Major Henry G. Lawrence, Jr., USMC, and Lieutenant Commander William Moran, USN. RAdm. Ketcham has written identities above each man. Credit: NAVY.

Two chain bridges across the Great River (Ostrov, Russia). Plan, elevation, and section] / Chief Drafting Office Engineer Lieutenant Colonel Savlovskii. Credit: Library of Congress.

American military delegation calling on Haile Selassie. In conference with the American delegation. Left to right: F. N. Plangin, Office of War Information (OWI); Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Baughey; Colonel Edwin Clark; His Majesty, Haile Sellassie, Emp. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lieutenant Colonel Munro & officers of the 39th Regiment. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lieutenant Colonel Clarke Kennedy A.D.C. to H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Human Rights

Colombia

A police lieutenant colonel, captain, and lieutenant, as well as two DAS agents were suspended. (references)

Colombia

Prosecutors also arrested army Major Alvaro Cortes Murillo and army Lieutenant Colonel Alfonso Zapata Gaviria. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

On August 15, Dragan Jokic, a lieutenant colonel on active service with the Bosnian Serb Army, surrendered voluntarily. (references)

Political Economy

Comoros

The Anjouan secession crisis subsided after the August 2000 signing of the "Fomboni Declaration of National Unity" by Azali and separatist leader Lieutenant Colonel Said Abeid. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

Nënkolonel. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مقدم (approaching, forefront, forepart, given, introduction, offered, preamble, presented). (various references)

Bulgarian 

подполковник. (various references)

Czech

podplukovník. (various references)

French

lieutenant colonel. (various references)

German

oberstleutnant (wing commander), kommodore (Commodore, wing commander). (various references)

Greek 

αντισμήναρχοσ (wing commander), αντισυνταγματάρχησ (brigadier general). (various references)

Hebrew 

ס�'ן אלוף. (various references)

Hungarian

Alezredes (lieutenant-colonel, Wing commander). (various references)

Italian

tenente colonnello (commander). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

二佐 , 中佐 (commander). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

にさ, ちゅうさ (commander). (various references)

Manx

aachernyl. (various references)

Pig Latin

ieutenantlay olonelcay

Portuguese

tenente-coronel (wing commander). (various references)

Romanian

locotenent colonel. (various references)

Russian 

Подполковник. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

potpukovnik. (various references)

Spanish

teniente coronel. (various references)

Swedish

Överstelöjtnant (Wing commander). (various references)

Turkish

yarbay. (various references)

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