What does lieutenant-commander mean?
Lieutenant-commander means Alternative form of lieutenant commander..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of lieutenant commander..
He entered the United States Navy in 1841, and stood 33 in the list of Lieutenant-Commanders.
He suddenly fulfilled us. He was the expected officer, a junior Lieutenant-Commander. That must have been how he slipped so unchallenged, even fêted, past my father’s defences – who thought it was himself the American visited, the American with the matinee idol’s line moustache, like Errol Flynn’s.
He rose from ensign to lieutenant-commander and by the war’s end, he captained his own ship.
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Lieutenant-commander means Alternative form of lieutenant commander..
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He entered the United States Navy in 1841, and stood 33 in the list of Lieutenant-Commanders.
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