second lieutenant:
(plural: ‘second lieutenants‘; for the right pronunciation of this phrase, please click here for British, and please click here for American)
an officer of the lowest rank in the army, American Air Force or Marine Corps, below the rank of first lieutenant which is immediately below the rank of lieutenant,
two second lieutenants on either side of a naval officer
Benson has been very happy for being commissioned as the second lieutenant, and been looking forward enthusiastically to be posted at any war zone.
Second lieutenants follow the orders of the first lieutenants, and first lieutenants follow the lieutenants, and lieutenants, in turn, follow the orders of a captain.
The training for the officers at the entry level is so tough that most of the second lieutenants, including female second lieutenants, drop out of the programme in the first or second week into their training.
