sub-lieutenant
English
noun
Definitions
- (military) A commissioned officer of the navy whose rank is immediately below that of a lieutenant.
Etymology
Prefix from English lieutenant.
Origin
English
lieutenant
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lieutenant English
- lieutenantry English
- lieutenantship English
- leifteanant Irish
- fo-leftenant Manx
- lieutenant Middle French
- luteni Swahili