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second-in-command

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Noun1.second-in-command - someone who relieves a commander
deputy, lieutenant - an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
second-in-command
noun deputy, assistant, subordinate, understudy, adjutant, depute (Scot.), successor designate, number two, right-hand man or woman The President was replaced by his second-in-command.
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second-in-command [ˈsekəndɪnkəˈmɑːnd] N → segundo/a m/f de a bordo
second-in-command [ˌsɛk/əndɪnkəˈmɑːnd] n (Mil) → comandante m in seconda (Admin) → aggiunto
second-in-command [ˌsɛk/əndɪnkəˈmɑːnd] n (Mil) → comandante m in seconda (Admin) → aggiunto


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The official second-in-command under the Governor was an ex-detective named Greywood Usher, a cadaverous, careful-spoken Yankee philosopher, occasionally varying a very rigid visage with an odd apologetic grimace.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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