SECOND-IN-COMMAND

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who relieves a commander

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("second-in-command" is a kind of...):

deputy; lieutenant (an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent)

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