second-in-command — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. Somebody ranking next below a commander.

2. Someone ranking next below the person in charge.

   Sinonimi

   number two

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

Sostantivo

1. someone who relieves a commander

   Termini più generali

   deputylieutenant