second lieutenant
noun
,
U.S. Military
1.
an Army, Air Force, or Marine officer of the lowest commissioned rank.
Compare
ensign
(def 4).
Origin
1695-1705
Examples from the web for
second lieutenant
Immaculate in his pressed ceremonial dress, he looked every inch a
second lieutenant
.
British Dictionary definitions for
second lieutenant
second lieutenant
noun
1.
an officer holding the lowest commissioned rank in the armed forces of certain nations