Dictionary entry

Sub-lieutenant

Pronunciation: /ˌsʌblɛfˈtɛnənt/

Pronunciation

/ˌsʌblɛfˈtɛnənt/

Myanmar Meaning

ဒုဗိုလ်။

Definition

sub-lieutenant /sʌb lef 'tenǝnt; US lu:'t-/ n ေရတပ္ဗိုလ္။

Examples

  1. ‘They are two young sub lieutenants
  2. not out of their teens who have been placed in charge of these trawlers to take them to the Dardanelles.’
  3. ‘As the Grafton was scuttled
  4. Mr Kester - who eventually held the rank of sub lieutenant - was transferred to the destroyer Ivanhoe and ended up in Dover.’
  5. ‘Nuclear propulsion pay will now be received by sub lieutenants and lieutenants at category A levels on completion of their engineer officer of the watch board.’
  6. ‘John was serving as a sub lieutenant with the RNVR in 818 Squadron when he took part in the attack on Bismarck which was led by Lt Cdr T. Coode.’
  7. ‘As a junior sub lieutenant my first front-line tour of duty was with 814 Squadron.’
  8. ‘After a few tense minutes of waiting
  9. Sergeant Williams held up the ok sign for the sub lieutenant.’
  10. ‘His promotion to a sub lieutenant
  11. following his completion of the 22-week ‘direct entry’ officer's course last year
  12. dovetails well with the RAN's decision to post navel nurses to warships.’