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lieutenant

[ loo-ten-uhnt; in British use, except in the navy, lef-ten-uhnt ]

noun

  1. Military.
  2. U.S. Navy. a commissioned officer ranking between lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant commander.
  3. a person who holds an office, civil or military, in subordination to a superior they act for:

    If he can't attend, he will send his lieutenant.



lieutenant

/ luËˈtÉ›nÉ™nt; lÉ›fˈtÉ›nÉ™nt /

noun

  1. a military officer holding commissioned rank immediately junior to a captain
  2. a naval officer holding commissioned rank immediately junior to a lieutenant commander
  3. an officer in a police or fire department ranking immediately junior to a captain
  4. a person who holds an office in subordination to or in place of a superior
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ±ô¾±±ð³Üˈ³Ù±ð²Ô²¹²Ô³¦²â, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ô·»å±ð°ù·±ô¾±±ð³Ü·³Ù±ð²Ô·²¹²Ô³Ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lieutenant1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English from Middle French, noun use of adjective phrase lieu tenant ‼õ±ô²¹³¦±ð-³ó´Ç±ô»å¾±²Ô²µâ€; locum tenens, lieu, tenant
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lieutenant1

C14: from Old French, literally: place-holding
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Example Sentences

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He said a lieutenant who helped him acquire a proper entertainment permit explicitly warned him against booking hip-hop, metal and punk rock artists.

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Brennan admitted buying the fake blood in advance and was described as Richards' "willing lieutenant".

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Being lieutenant governor puts me in a position to continue to engage with folks all across the state, to give them voice, based on my engagement with them.

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Trump behaves more like a Mafia boss whose insults can be interpreted by his lieutenants as an order to commit violence.

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Within the jails, where inmates sell heroin in tiny smears called “papers,†that amount was worth $226,000, a sheriff’s lieutenant wrote in a report.

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