second-in-command
noun
: someone who is ranked second in a group or organization
the police chief's second-in-command
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Exercising their legal right to appoint someone — which comes into play if the Senate has not confirmed a nominee — the state’s federal judges tapped career prosecutor Desiree Leigh Grace, Habba’s second-in-command.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
Starring Hargitay and her second-in-command Ice-T as Sgt.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 July 2025
Mbatha-Raw stars as Commander Katherine Decker, second-in-command on the USS Kansas, a nuclear submarine and one of the deadliest weapons on Earth.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 July 2025
This person said Mark Thompson, the CNN chief who once ran the BBC, used his deputy Mark Byford in this capacity, but the role of second-in-command has since fallen out of fashion.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 July 2025
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
Starring Hargitay and her second-in-command Ice-T as Sgt.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 July 2025
Mbatha-Raw stars as Commander Katherine Decker, second-in-command on the USS Kansas, a nuclear submarine and one of the deadliest weapons on Earth.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 July 2025
This person said Mark Thompson, the CNN chief who once ran the BBC, used his deputy Mark Byford in this capacity, but the role of second-in-command has since fallen out of fashion.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for second-in-command
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“Second-in-command.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second-in-command. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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