Usually means: Deputy responsible for assisting leader.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word second-in-command:

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  1. second-in-command: Merriam-Webster
  2. second-in-command: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. second-in-command, second-in-command: Collins English Dictionary
  4. second-in-command: Vocabulary.com
  5. second-in-command: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. second-in-command: Wiktionary
  7. second-in-command: Dictionary.com
  8. Second-in-Command, Second-in-command: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. second-in-command: Rhymezone
  10. second-in-command: FreeDictionary.org
  11. second-in-command: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. second-in-command: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Somebody ranking next below a commander.
▸ noun:  Someone ranking next below the person in charge.

Similar:
second in command, subcommander, undercommander, subleader, underling, lieutenant, subbrigadier, subaltern, subofficer, subcaptain, more...

Opposite:
first-in-command, leader, boss

Types:
vice president, deputy, undersecretary, aide-de-camp, lieutenant, more...

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Similar:
second in command, subcommander, undercommander, subleader, underling, lieutenant, subbrigadier, subaltern, subofficer, subcaptain, more...

Opposite:
first-in-command, leader, boss

Types:
vice president, deputy, undersecretary, aide-de-camp, lieutenant, more...



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