second-in-command
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- noun
- /ˈsɛkənd ɪn kəˈmænd/
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segundo al mando
- As the second-in-command, she often managed the team while the director was away.
Ronnie needed his second in command.
- Ronnie needed his second in command.
- And and so Hillary Clinton wrote an e-mail to her second in command at the State Department and said, what do we got to do to bring this case back?
- Each family name essentially represents a patriarch, a second in command or the kids.
- So second in command in the office comes to me and says we want you to meet the informant now.
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This is my second-in-command, Carlos.
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The Deputy Director is the second in command, and there is only one.
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The answer is yes, because she is second in command right now.
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I said you were second in command.
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Last I checked, you were second in command.
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And then below them you have all these monks, but the second in command is the prior.
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He'll be your second-in-command on this thing.
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Agnew was second in command.
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Further promotions meant that he was appointed second in command of Wallace at the unusually early age of 21.
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Kane was a risk taker, but as second-in-command, he should have also had common sense.
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Synonyms
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4.9
A person who is second in command and runs daily work in a military unit or organization
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7.0
A person just below the leader in a military or similar group
A person with a rank just below the main leader in a group
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Etymology
Second-in-command is very literal: second means 'number two' and command means 'to be in charge'. So a second-in-command is the 'number two' person who takes over when the leader is away.