middle rank officer
81lieutenant — lieu|ten|ant [ lu tenənt ] noun count * 1. ) an officer of low rank in the military 2. ) a police officer of middle rank 3. ) someone whose job is to help an official of high rank lieutenant colonel/commander/general etc. a military officer with… …
82lieutenant */ — UK [lefˈtenənt] / US [luˈtenənt] noun [countable] Word forms lieutenant : singular lieutenant plural lieutenants 1) an officer of low rank in most armed forces 2) a US police officer of middle rank 3) someone whose job is to help an official of… …
83captain — cap|tain1 [ kæptın ] noun count *** 1. ) the person in charge of a ship or aircraft: We were invited to dine with the captain of the ship. 2. ) an officer of middle rank in the army, MARINES, or U.S. Air Force a ) an officer of high rank in the… …
84sergeant — [[t]sɑ͟ː(r)ʤ(ə)nt[/t]] sergeants 1) N COUNT; N TITLE; N VOC A sergeant is a non commissioned officer of middle rank in the army, marines, or air force. A sergeant with a detail of four men came into view. ...Sergeant Black. 2) N COUNT; N TITLE; N …
85captain — I UK [ˈkæptɪn] / US noun [countable] Word forms captain : singular captain plural captains *** 1) an officer of middle rank in the army, marines, or US Air Force a) an officer of high rank in the navy b) in the US, a police officer of high rank,… …
86lieutenant colonel — noun a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel • Syn: ↑light colonel • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine …
87Hoplite — The word hoplite (Greek: polytonic|ὁπλίτης hoplitēs ; pl. polytonic|ὁπλίται hoplitai ) derives from hoplon (polytonic|ὅπλον, plural hopla polytonic|ὅπλα), meaning an item of armour or equipment, thus hoplite may approximate to armoured man .… …
88sergeant — [ˈsɑːdʒ(ə)nt] noun [C] 1) an officer of middle rank in the army or air force 2) a police officer of middle rank …
89major — In Britain the title of an army officer of middle rank. In the USA also an air force and marine corps title. In original military use it was a suffix, part of the rank indicated by ‘sergeant major’, previously a much higher rank than now. It… …
90DI — abbr. Brit. Defence Intelligence. * * * abbreviation drill instructor * * * di1 /dee/, prep. from; of: used in Italian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin: Conte di Savòia. Also, Di. [ < It < L de] di2 /dee/, n. Music. a… …
