second in command

second in command
[noun]
deputy, number two, right-hand man

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noun DEPUTY, number two, subordinate, right-hand man/woman; understudy.

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ˌsecond in comˈmand [second in command] noun
a person who has the second highest rank in a group and takes charge when the leader is not there

For twenty years he served the business as second in command to his father.

his second in command, Major Thursby


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