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- noun The position of
lieutenant-colonel .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Blandy, who succeeded poor dear Sir Rawdon Crawley — I saw his dear boy was gazetted to a lieutenant-colonelcy in the Guards last week — Sir Peregrine, who was one of the Prince of
The Newcomes 2006
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Stellenbosch, an honorary lieutenant-colonelcy and a brace of medals from the South African Police, honorary citizenship of
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There is Webb, who was of their regiment: he did well to exchange his company in the Coldstreams for the lieutenant-colonelcy of the thirty-second.
The Virginians 2006
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He was 44 before he attained a lieutenant-colonelcy, and it was January 1943 before he saw action for the first time, as a divisional commander in the Pacific.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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He was 44 before he attained a lieutenant-colonelcy, and it was January 1943 before he saw action for the first time, as a divisional commander in the Pacific.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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He was 44 before he attained a lieutenant-colonelcy, and it was January 1943 before he saw action for the first time, as a divisional commander in the Pacific.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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He was 44 before he attained a lieutenant-colonelcy, and it was January 1943 before he saw action for the first time, as a divisional commander in the Pacific.
Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984
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Personally, Pépé had no reason to complain of the king, who gave him a lieutenant-colonelcy and charged him with the organisation of the militia in Upper Calabria.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Various
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In 1896 he was appointed second in command of his regiment, and received a brevet lieutenant-colonelcy in May 1898.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Louis Creswicke
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He was forty-four years of age, and was gazetted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of his regiment in July 1899.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Louis Creswicke
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