lieutenant-colonelcy

English

Etymology

From lieutenant-colonel +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /lɛfˌtɛnəntˈkəːnəlsi/

Noun

lieutenant-colonelcy (plural lieutenant-colonelcies)

1. The position of lieutenant-colonel.
   • 2012, Jonathan Keates, “Mon Père, ce héros”, in Literary Review, section 402:

     Three years later, at the outbreak of the Revolution, he accepted a lieutenant-colonelcy in ‘La Légion Américaine’, a newly formed all-black unit led by the dashing swordsman and virtuoso violinist Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George.