SUBLIEUTENANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sublieutenant mean? 

• SUBLIEUTENANT (noun)
  The noun SUBLIEUTENANT has 1 sense:

1. an officer ranking next below a lieutenant

  Familiarity information: SUBLIEUTENANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBLIEUTENANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An officer ranking next below a lieutenant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sublieutenant" is a kind of...):

lieutenant (a commissioned military officer)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)