The next below the colonel, generally having the active command in the regiment, whether in cavalry, infantry, or artillery, the full colonels being mostly on staff employ, or even in retirement.
·noun The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next b...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The commander of a regiment, either of horse or foot. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain. II. Lieutenant ·noun A commissioned...
(only in A.V. Esther 3:12; 8:9; 9:3; Ezra 8:36), a governor or viceroy of a Persian province having ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
·- An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general. ...
Meat between veal and beef, the flesh of an old calf; a military simile, drawn from the officer of t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
"One who, having obtained a warrant from a gunnery ship, is eligible to large ships to assist specia...
The officer taking the next place to a general, ranking with vice-admiral. ...
A rank lately reproduced, to which a midshipman is entitled on passing for lieutenant; formerly styl...
Formerly the junior lieutenant, who, with the master-at-arms, was charged with the drilling of the s...
The officer next in rank and power below the commander. There are several lieutenants in a large shi...