second lieutenant
Noun
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Noun
second lieutenant (plural second lieutenants)
- The lowest rank of a commissioned army officer, below a lieutenant.
- The lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the United States Army, United States Air Force, or United States Marine Corps, below a first lieutenant. The rank of second lieutenant is equivalent to the naval rank of ensign.
- ensign (traditional infantry lowest commission officer rank)
- coronet (traditional cavalry lowest commission officer rank)
- German: Leutnant
- Italian: sottotenente
- Portuguese: subtenente
- Russian: мла́дший лейтена́нт
- Spanish: alférez
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