first lieutenant in English

noun
1
a commissioned officer in the US Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking above second lieutenant and below captain.
Michael quickly rose through the ranks as orderly sergeant, first lieutenant and captain.

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1. 1st lieut Adjt: first lieutenant adjutant; 1st lieut asst surg: first lieutenant assistant surgeon; 1st lieut bn Adjt: first lieutenant battalion adjutant; 1st lieut regtl qtr: first lieutenant regimental quartermaster; 1st lt: first lieutenant; 1st mus: first musician; 1st officer: first officer; 1st serg: first sergeant; 1st sgt: first

2. The yeoman informed him that the public information officer was also the base first lieutenant and had important business else-where.

3. In 1891 he entered the Military Academy and he was promoted to ensign in November, 1893 and to first-lieutenant in March, 1898 and posthumously to captain in 1915.

4. He got to it in September 19 when he became first lieutenant on a new destroyer escort, and went on to spend nearly two years in the North Atlantic hunting submarines.

5. On October 20, 1892, Pershing was promoted to first lieutenant and in 1895 took command of a troop of the 10th Cavalry Regiment, one of the original Buffalo Soldier regiments composed of African-American soldiers under white officers.

6. He entered the Army as First Lieutenant, Company A, 50th Regiment New York Engineers, September 11th, 1861; was appointed Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, December 23rd, 1862; was assigned as Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General, April 12th, 1864; was Brevetted Colonel of Volunteers, March 13th, 1865, for