"sub-lieutenant" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-sub-lieutenant.ogg [Australia] Forms: sub-lieutenants [plural]
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  1. (military, navy) A commissioned officer of the navy whose rank is immediately below that of a lieutenant.
    (UK) A commissioned officer of the Royal Navy ranking above a midshipman and below a lieutenant.
    Tags: UK Translations (officer above a midshipman): onderluitenant (Afrikaans), nadporučík [masculine] (Czech), luutnantti (Finnish), fo-leftenant [masculine] (Manx), துணை படைத்தலைவர் (tuṇai paṭaittalaivar) (Tamil)
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  2. (military, navy) A commissioned officer of the navy whose rank is immediately below that of a lieutenant.
    (Australia, Canada, New Zealand) A commissioned officer of the navy ranking above an acting sub-lieutenant and below a lieutenant.
    Tags: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand Translations (officer above an acting sub-lieutenant): luutnantti (Finnish), enseigne de vaisseau de première classe [masculine] [naval, navy, military, war, government, politics] (French), ανθυποπλοίαρχος (anthypoploíarchos) (Greek), tenente de fragata [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-sub-lieutenant-en-noun-DZBQ1sA9 Categories (other): Australian English, Canadian English, New Zealand English, Military, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with sub-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, People Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Topics: government, military, navy, politics, war Disambiguation of 'officer above an acting sub-lieutenant': 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acting sub-lieutenant Related terms: sublieutenancy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "government",
        "military",
        "navy",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "Canadian English",
        "New Zealand English",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A commissioned officer of the navy whose rank is immediately below that of a lieutenant.",
        "A commissioned officer of the navy ranking above an acting sub-lieutenant and below a lieutenant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "commissioned officer",
          "commissioned officer"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "lieutenant",
          "lieutenant"
        ],
        [
          "acting sub-lieutenant",
          "acting sub-lieutenant"
        ],
        [
          "lieutenant",
          "lieutenant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military, navy) A commissioned officer of the navy whose rank is immediately below that of a lieutenant.",
        "(Australia, Canada, New Zealand) A commissioned officer of the navy ranking above an acting sub-lieutenant and below a lieutenant."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Canada",
        "New-Zealand"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "navy",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "en-au-sub-lieutenant.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/En-au-sub-lieutenant.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "sense": "officer above a midshipman",
      "word": "onderluitenant"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "officer above a midshipman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nadporučík"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "officer above a midshipman",
      "word": "luutnantti"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "sense": "officer above a midshipman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fo-leftenant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "lang_code": "ta",
      "roman": "tuṇai paṭaittalaivar",
      "sense": "officer above a midshipman",
      "word": "துணை படைத்தலைவர்"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "officer above an acting sub-lieutenant",
      "word": "luutnantti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "officer above an acting sub-lieutenant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "naval",
        "navy",
        "military",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "enseigne de vaisseau de première classe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "anthypoploíarchos",
      "sense": "officer above an acting sub-lieutenant",
      "word": "ανθυποπλοίαρχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "officer above an acting sub-lieutenant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tenente de fragata"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sub-lieutenant"
}

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