Meanings
nounfrigate lieutenant (plural frigate lieutenants)
plural frigate lieutenants
- governmentJunior rank used in the navies of some Romance-speaking and European countries, usually equal in rank to the British rank of sub-lieutenant or the American rank of lieutenant junior grade.
Translations
Portuguese tenente de fragata
- tenente de fragatamilitary rank
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