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lieutenant-colonelcy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /lɛfˌtɛnəntˈkəːnəlsi/ (UK)

Etymology

From lieutenant-colonel + -cy.

Meanings

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:

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