captain-lieutenant

plural captain-lieutenants · alternative captain lieutenant · alternative lieutenant captain · alternative lieutenant-captain

1. A rank found in armies and navies
   1. governmentA rank sitting below captain, the subordinate captain, secondary captain to a captain
   2. governmentThe rank of a captain filling the captaincy position whose official dejure captain is a higher ranked officer, beyond captain, where the role has been seconded to the captain-lieutenant.
   3. governmentA rank sitting below captain.
   4. governmentEquivalent of commander, lieutenant colonel, major, lieutenant commander
   5. governmentA rank sitting above lieutenant.
   6. governmentA rank sitting above captain, the leading captain, senior captain of captains
   7. governmentA junior captain, a captaincy rank below captains
   8. governmentA captaincy rank below senior captains
   9. governmentA captaincy rank below line captain, ship-of-the-line captain, line-of-battle captain, battleship captain.
   10. governmentA captain junior to full captains, but otherwise the same as full captains
   11. governmentA lieutenancy rank
   12. governmentA senior lieutenant, a lieutenant above other lieutenants
   13. governmentEquivalent of senior lieutenant, first lieutenant, lieutenant, senior grade, full lieutenant, lieutenant commander
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see captain, lieutenant.