What does second-in-command mean?

second-in-command

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

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"Allan was first William Buddicom's and then Trevithick's second-in-command, at Edge Hill and at Crewe successively, for the period of 13½ years from February, 1840, to September, 1853, when he left Crewe to become Superintendent of the Scottish Central Railway."

seconds-in-command (plural)

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