Usage of "lieutenant colonel"

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Military rank of the United States.

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Rank in the British Army and Royal Marines.

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A commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel.

Usage of lieutenant colonel in English

In August, Broadwell was promoted to lieutenant colonel, according to the Army. 
 Reuters 

But I was only a lieutenant colonel and didn't have the authority. 
 Reuters 

Niven, who reached the rank of lieutenant colonel, served with the Commandos. 
 The new yorker 

Stroud towered over the lieutenant colonel as he argued about the bridge. 
 The last page 

My mother was very religious and my father was a lieutenant colonel. 
 The Guardian 

Bud was a former lieutenant colonel who became President Reagan's National Security Advisor. 
 Man in the Middle 

We hope he gets to be a lieutenant colonel real quick. 
 The new yorker 

He knew the lieutenant colonel's rank still gave him the edge. 
 The last page 

A lieutenant colonel who had been sitting quietly by interjected a well-chosen comment. 
 The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects 

The stocky lieutenant colonel of Marines was not smiling at all. 
 Crown of Slaves 

When his legion had been organized, he was appointed lieutenant colonel. 
 Stories Of Georgia 

Hugh was her husband, a lieutenant colonel in the Royal Artillery. 
 The Information Officer 

He envied him too, for he was very young to be a lieutenant colonel. 
 King Rat 

As a lieutenant colonel, he headed the Army's intelligence and criminal-investigation unit in England. 
 Wired 

Liggett's adjutant was a sharp-looking lieutenant colonel named John Abell. 
 American empire: blood and iron 

Gregor Hofschulte had risen to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Andermani Marines. 
 War Of Honor 

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Meanings of lieutenant colonel in English