Noun
Somebody ranking next below a commander.
Someone ranking next below the person in charge.
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Allan was first William Buddicom's and then Trevithick's second-in-command, at Edge Hill and at Crewe successively, for the period of 13½ years from February, 1840, to September, 1853, when he left Crewe to become Superintendent of the Scottish Central Railway.
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someone who relieves a commander
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