Usually means: Military rank above major, below
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word lieutenant colonel:

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  1. lieutenant colonel: Merriam-Webster
  2. lieutenant colonel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lieutenant colonel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lieutenant colonel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lieutenant colonel: Vocabulary.com
  6. Lieutenant-Colonel, Lieutenant-colonel, lieutenant-colonel, lieutenant colonel: Wordnik
  7. Lieutenant Colonel, lieutenant-colonel, lieutenant colonel: Wiktionary
  8. lieutenant colonel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. lieutenant colonel: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Lieutenant colonel, lieutenant colonel: Dictionary.com
  11. Lieutenant-Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel (Canada), Lieutenant-Colonel (UK), Lieutenant-Colonel (United Kingdom), Lieutenant Colonel (Australia), Lieutenant Colonel (British Army), Lieutenant Colonel (US), Lieutenant Colonel (United Kingdom), Lieutenant Colonel (United States), Lieutenant Colonel (United States Army), Lieutenant Colonel, Lieutenant-colonel, Lieutenant-colonel (Canada), Lieutenant colonel (Australia), Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), Lieutenant colonel (United States), Lieutenant colonel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. lieutenant colonel: Rhymezone
  13. lieutenant colonel: FreeDictionary.org
  14. lieutenant colonel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. lieutenant-colonel, lieutenant colonel: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Lieutenant Colonel)

noun:  An army officer in many countries, ranking below a colonel and above a major. Often the commander of a battalion or the executive officer of a regiment.
noun:  An English-language term used as a general categorization for military officer ranks that are the equivalent of lieutenant colonel, the relative rank level is found in most countries.
noun:  An officer in the United States Marine Corps or Royal Marines, of equivalent rank to their counterparts in the army.
noun:  An officer in the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve, or Air National Guard, ranking below colonel and above major. Often the commander of a squadron or the executive officer of a wing.
noun:  (military) An army officer title for the rank of lieutenant colonel, found in many countries.
noun:  (military) A military officer title used in English for ranks that are treated as the equivalent to the rank of lieutenant colonel, in which the equivalent ranks are found in most countries.

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