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lieutenant-colonelcy

UK/lɛfˌtɛnəntˈkəːnəlsi/

lieutenant-colonelcy noun: the position of lieutenant-colonel.

Noun

lieutenant-colonelcy (plural lieutenant-colonelcies)

  1. The position of lieutenant-colonel.
    • Three years later, at the outbreak of the Revolution, he accepted a lieutenant-colonelcy in ‘La Légion Américaine’, a newly formed all-black unit led by the dashing swordsman and virtuoso violinist Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George.2012, Jonathan Keates, “Mon Père, ce héros”, in Literary Review, section 402

Forms of lieutenant-colonelcy

plurallieutenant-colonelcies

Origin of lieutenant-colonelcy

From lieutenant-colonel + -cy.

Questions about lieutenant-colonelcy

What does lieutenant-colonelcy mean?
Lieutenant-colonelcy means the position of lieutenant-colonel.
What part of speech is lieutenant-colonelcy?
Lieutenant-colonelcy is a noun.
How do you pronounce lieutenant-colonelcy?
Lieutenant-colonelcy is pronounced /lɛfˌtɛnəntˈkəːnəlsi/ (UK).
What is the plural of lieutenant-colonelcy?
The plural of lieutenant-colonelcy is lieutenant-colonelcies.

Words near lieutenant-colonelcy in the dictionary

  1. lieutenant governors
  2. lieutenant junior grade
  3. lieutenant-admiral
  4. lieutenant-colonel
  5. lieutenant-colonelcies
  6. lieutenant-colonelcy
  7. lieutenant-colonels
  8. lieutenant-commander
  9. lieutenant-commanders
  10. lieutenant-general
  11. lieutenant-generals

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