lieutenant-colonelcy

UK/lɛfˌtɛnəntˈkəːnəlsi/

noun

The position of lieutenant-colonel.

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Meanings

nounlieutenant-colonelcy (plural lieutenant-colonelcies)

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

Origin

From lieutenant-colonel + -cy.

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APA

lieutenant-colonelcy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lieutenant-colonelcy

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Chicago

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