Definition of "second-in-command" []

• Somebody ranking next below a commander. (noun)

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• "Lee has been described as the second-in-command of the crew."
• "Though Pastor White is not in attendance, he has sent his second-in-command, Thomas Glammeyer, a slim man with a serious demeanor and a white mustache, who has recently celebrated his fiftieth year as a Lutheran minister."
• "BRIEF SYNOPSIS: As the Order fights to stop Dragos and his second-in-command Wilhelm Roth from taking control of the Breed world, Roth's estranged wife and Breedmate Claire reignites an attraction thought long forgotten with German vampire Andreas Reichen."