second-in-command

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Second-in-command was Benz, thanks to the Mercedes he drove.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2023

Second-in-command Doc Dennis surrendered to a swat team in Burbank, California, without incident.

From Time Magazine Archive

There might also be an assortment of inexpensive and amusing side-shows, such as a Second-in-command trying to check a monthly return of dripping, or a conscientious gunner calculating the correct corrector corrections.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 8, 1919 by Various

"I don't seem to care so awfully much about poetry," abetted Judith, late Second-in-command.

From Mount Music by Ross, Martin