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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

/ lu藧藞t蓻n蓹nt; l蓻f藞t蓻n蓹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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 濒颈别耻藞迟别苍补苍肠测, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻苍路诲别谤路濒颈别耻路迟别苍路补苍迟 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lieutenant1

First recorded in 1325鈥75; Middle English from Middle French, noun use of adjective phrase lieu tenant 鈥减濒补肠别-丑辞濒诲颈苍驳鈥; locum tenens, lieu, tenant
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lieutenant1

C14: from Old French, literally: place-holding
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In the short term, Owens鈥 exit is not likely to change the hard-charging journalistic values of the program, as many of his lieutenants share his ethos.

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鈥淪he said she was lieutenant colonel in the GRU,鈥 Perlowin, now 74, told The Times, referring to the Soviet Union鈥檚 military intelligence agency.

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Trapped behind bars, the tribal police lieutenant is powerless as he watches his young cousin be taken away by an abusive priest.

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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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