Definition of "flag-lieutenant" []

• In the navy, an officer on an admiral's staff who performs such duties for him as an aide-de-camp performs for a general in the army, communicating his orders to the ships under his command either in person or by signal. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• ""Chaise will be at the gates, sir," announced the flag-lieutenant."
• "As the flag-lieutenant busied himself with candle and wax and seal Foster folded his hands and looked over again at Hornblower."
• "Like his flag-lieutenant he had heard something of the story of the capture of the brig already — one more example of the speed with which gossip can fly — and he grasped the details, as Hornblower supplied them, with professional ease."