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Definition of Second-in-command
1. Noun. Someone who relieves a commander.
Definition of Second-in-command
1. Noun. Somebody ranking next below a commander. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Second-in-command
Literary usage of Second-in-command
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"1 Captain Schneider's, Captain Schneider be- in;: .second in command. Colonel Green
commanded the sharp-shooters, who were detailed ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"He was again ordered to Canada as second in command under Sir George Prevost
1813; planned and effected the capture of Fort Niagara; planned the successful ..."
3. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"Tfie latter defeated with much slaughter.—Buonaparte, appointed Second in Command <f
the Army of the Interior—then General in ( 'hief-—Marries Madame ..."
4. The South in the Building of the Nation: A History of the Southern States by Walter Lynwood Fleming (1909)
"He fought under Daniel Boone at the battle of Lower Blue Lick, being second in
command ; was colonel in the Miami expedition ..."
5. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... Conditions in the South — Foote succeeds Du Pont in Command of the South
Atlantic Squadron — Dahlgren declines to be Second in Command. May 1, Friday. ..."
6. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... Conditions in the South — Foote succeeds Du Pont in Command of the South
Atlantic Squadron — Dahlgren declines to be Second in Command. May 1, Friday. ..."
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