Definitions
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- noun Somebody ranking next below a
commander .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who relieves a commander
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Examples
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Lee has been described as the second-in-command of the crew.
News - latimes.com 2011
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Though Pastor White is not in attendance, he has sent his second-in-command, Thomas Glammeyer, a slim man with a serious demeanor and a white mustache, who has recently celebrated his fiftieth year as a Lutheran minister.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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But he reserves his best lines for the others, as when Hawkins, as the gang's dapper leader, is asked by his second-in-command, Nigel Patrick who played Inspector Hazard in "Sapphire", whether his wife, seen in a portrait, is dead.
Lessons Without Lectures David Mermelstein 2011
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“My second-in-command is off on a task tonight, so it pleases me to have the newly revealed Domn Lup honor me by sitting at my right.”
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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MacKillop and the Josephite sisters reported the abuse to the vicar-general [the bishop's second-in-command] and disciplinary action was taken against Keating, humiliating him and angering a Father Charles Horan, who was close to Bishop Sheil.
Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Mother Mary MacKillop: The Patron Saint of Abuse Victims S.J. Rev. James Martin 2010
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The U.S. military's second-in-command says that may reflect the evolving nature of the terrorist threat in Iraq.
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Don Kendall, president of Pepsi, left a message with Deke DeLoach, second-in-command at the FBI, and asked that it be passed on to Watson.
Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011
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Those most in danger of quitting are often second-in-command to an egomaniacal frontman
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BRIEF SYNOPSIS: As the Order fights to stop Dragos and his second-in-command Wilhelm Roth from taking control of the Breed world, Roth's estranged wife and Breedmate Claire reignites an attraction thought long forgotten with German vampire Andreas Reichen.
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The U.S. confirmed that a CIA drone strike killed al Qaeda's second-in-command.
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