lieutenant-colonelcy
English
Etymology
From lieutenant-colonel + -cy.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /lɛfˌtɛnəntˈkəːnəlsi/
Noun
lieutenant-colonelcy (plural lieutenant-colonelcies)
- The position of lieutenant-colonel.
- 2012, Jonathan Keates, ‘Mon Père, ce héros’, Literary Review, 402:
- Three years later, at the outbreak of the Revolution, he accepted a lieutenant-colonelcy in ‘La Légion Américaine’, a newly formed all-black unit led by the dashing swordsman and virtuoso violinist Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George.
- 2012, Jonathan Keates, ‘Mon Père, ce héros’, Literary Review, 402: