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sec·ond-in-com·mand

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  1. second-in-commandnoun

    Synonyms:
    lieutenant, deputy

  2. second-in-commandnoun

    Somebody ranking next below a commander.

    Synonyms:
    lieutenant, deputy

Princeton's WordNet

  1. second-in-commandnoun

    someone who relieves a commander

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  1. Nicholas Garaufis:

    You were Mr. Raniere’s second-in-command and shared his power, you enabled and facilitated Mr. Raniere’s heinous crimes. In your 20 years at NXIVM, the door was always open but you never left.

  2. The Mooch:

    The vice president is making his way to New Jersey for a luncheon with the president. President Donald Trump dines with his second-in-command once a week to discuss the administration's agenda and progress, and he's carrying on with tradition today, even though he is not in Washington. Trump is staying at his Bedminster golf resort while his home-away-from-home undergoes renovations. Vice PresidentMike Pencewill chat with him there ahead of travel to South America. Pence and Trump are seeing each other for the first time since the New York Times suggested the VP was conducing a shadow campaign for president. Pence says the charge is ‘absurd.’.

  3. Mark Meadows of North Carolina:

    I do not believe that the second in command at DOJ can make the kinds of alleged comments that Bob Goodlatte made and not come before this committee and this Congress to tell us and the American people to tell us what Jeff Sessions said and didn't say.


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