under-officer

An under-officer, with the black-and-gold button of the Landsturm, hoicked us out of the train, and we were all shepherded into a big bare waiting-room where a large stove burned.

Greenmantle 2005

An under-officer of Cossacks and a headborough ‡ came out.

A Hero of Our Time 2003

I was living with a certain old Cossack under-officer whom I loved, not only on account of his kindly disposition, but also, and more especially, on account of his pretty daughter, Nastya.

A Hero of Our Time 2003

While he's on his way, into the idiot commander's headquarters a few miles below where Andr is at this point -- Andr is heading north; the courier is heading east to try to find Washington with the papers -- and into the idiot's headquarters comes a major of dragoons called Benjamin Tallmadge who theoretically was the under-officer to this idiot, but Major Tallmadge also happened to be the head of General Washington's secret service.

The Man in the Mirror: A Life of Benedict Arnold 1994

The stables were only five minutes 'walk, and I lounged about in a fever of nonchalance while the under-officer laboriously spelled out Fankanonikaka's note and looked surly.

Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

There was an under-officer, summoning me to the royal apartments; the words pierced my drowsy brain like drops of acid - oh, Christ, I was done for.

Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

Elspeth squeaked, I jumped, and the Hova on the porch must have heard the shout too, for he called to the hall - and here, to my horror, came an under-officer, bounding down the porch steps sword in hand, and running along the front of the house towards our corner.

Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

They were running any old how, but an under-officer was shouting in the rear, and it seemed to me he was pointing towards our grove.

Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977

He'd prepared his mind for revelations, for some practical return on an already enormous investment in time, credit, and nye-power, and this under-officer had shattered the mood.

Bloodhype Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1973

He'd prepared his mind for revelations, for some practical return on an already enormous investment in time, credit, and nye-power, and this under-officer had shattered the mood.

Bloodhype Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1973