| Title: | Sub-lieutenant |
| Original Title: | Sous-lieutenant |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 15 (1765), pp. 418–419 |
| Author: | Guillaume Le Blond (biography) |
| Translator: | William Raffle [University of Sheffield] |
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| Citation (MLA): | Le Blond, Guillaume. "Sub-lieutenant." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by William Raffle. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2019. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.718>. Trans. of "Sous-lieutenant," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 15. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Le Blond, Guillaume. "Sub-lieutenant." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by William Raffle. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.718 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Sous-lieutenant," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 15:418–419 (Paris, 1765). |
A Sub-lieutenant is the third officer in a company of infantry or cavalry, whose functions are a little less than a lieutenant. They are usually established in war and dismissed during peace time. See Officer.
All the companies of the King’s household, except the Gardes du corps, have sub-lieutenants. They are also found in every company of Gendarmes. They are the second officers of all these companies.