lieutenant colonel

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) 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.
 * 3) An officer in the United States Marine Corps or Royal Marines, of equivalent rank to their counterparts in the army.
 * 4) 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.
 * 1) 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.

Usage notes
When used as a title, it is always capitalized.
 * Example: Lieutenant Colonel John Doe.

Under the NATO rank equivalency system, the U.S. rank corresponds to pay grade O-5.

Translations

 * Catalan: tinent coronel
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: kolonelleitnant
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: סגן אלוף
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: tenente colonnello
 * Korean:, 중좌
 * Macedonian: потполковник
 * Malay: leftenan kolonel
 * Manx: aachernyl
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: tenente-coronel
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: teniente coronel
 * Swahili: luteni kanali
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tenyente koronel
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: підполко́вник, підполко́вниця