LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lieutenant junior grade mean? 

• LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE (noun)
  The noun LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE has 1 sense:

1. an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign

  Familiarity information: LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

lieutenant JG; lieutenant junior grade

Hypernyms ("lieutenant junior grade" is a kind of...):

commissioned naval officer (a commissioned officer in the navy)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)