Lieutenant Colonel

See also: lieutenant colonel and lieutenant-colonel

English

Alternative forms

  • Lieutenant-Colonel

Noun

Lieutenant Colonel (plural Lieutenant Colonels)

  1. (military) An army officer title for the rank of lieutenant colonel, found in many countries.
    • 1955, Carl R[aymond] Gray, Jr., “Operations in Iran, 1942-1945”, in Railroading in Eighteen Countries: The Story of American Railroad Men serving in the Military Railway Service, 1862 to 1953, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 268:
      Lieutenant Colonels Smith and Gildea were awarded the Order of the Fatherland, Second Class.
  2. (military) A military officer title used in English for ranks that are treated as the equivalent to the rank of lieutenant colonel, in which the equivalent ranks are found in most countries.
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