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Definition of Sublieutenant
1. Noun. An officer ranking next below a lieutenant.
Generic synonyms: Lieutenant
Definition of Sublieutenant
1. n. An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank.
Definition of Sublieutenant
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sublieutenant
Literary usage of Sublieutenant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Voyage of the "Challenger.": The Atlantic; a Preliminary Account of the by Charles Wyville Thomson (1878)
"Navigating sublieutenant Arthur ... JJ Wild, Esq. Only one change has taken place
during the first year: sublieutenant Sloggett has returned to England, ..."
2. The Louisiana Historical Quarterly by Henry Plauché Dart, 1858- ed, John Dymond, d. 1922 ed, Louisiana Historical Society (1922)
"The sublieutenant of the same, D. Francisco Aragon, dead. ... 8th The sublieutenant
of Hibernia, D. Tomas Fitz- 13 60 morin, dead. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"One-third of the simple members of the corps enjoy the rank of captain, one-third
that of lieutenant, and the remaining third that of sublieutenant. ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Or let us ask another literary Officer; not yet Captain; sublieutenant only, ...
The literary sublieutenant corrects the proofs ; " sets out on foot from ..."
5. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Or let us ask another literary Officer; not yet Captain; sublieutenant only, ...
The literary sublieutenant corrects the proofs; " sets out on foot from ..."
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