Lieutenant
[lef'tenənt] or [lu'tɛnənt]
Definition
(noun.) an officer in a police force.
(noun.) a commissioned military officer.
(noun.) an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade.
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Definition
(n.) An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty.
(n.) A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.
(n.) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.
(n.) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.
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Definition
n. one representing or performing the work of another: an officer holding the place of another in his absence: a commissioned officer in the army next below a captain or in the navy next below a commander and ranking with captain in the army: one holding a place next in rank to a superior as in the compounds Lieuten′ant-col′onel Lieuten′ant-gen′eral.—ns. Lieuten′ancy Lieuten′antship office or commission of a lieutenant: the body of lieutenants; Lieuten′ant-gov′ernor in India the name of the chief official in the provinces of Bengal Behar and Orissa the North-western Provinces and Oudh Punjab and Delhi; Lieuten′ant-gov′ernorship; Lieuten′antry (Shak.) lieutenancy; Lord′-lieuten′ant the title of the viceroy of Ireland: in the British Isles a permanent governor of a county appointed by the sovereign usually a peer or other large land-owner at the head of the magistracy and the chief executive authority; Sub′-lieuten′ant formerly mate or passed midshipman now the intermediate rank in the navy between midshipman and lieutenant.—Field-marshal lieutenant (see Field-marshal).
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Examples
- Colonel O'Dowd, of the --th regiment, one of those occupying in Paris, warned Lieutenant Spooney of that corps. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Lieutenant Berrendo's pistol shot did not carry that far. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Lieutenant Grant offered his services, which were accepted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lieutenant Berrendo? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Lieutenant-Colonel Garland, of the 4th infantry, was the brigade commander, and on this occasion commanded the entire marching force. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I thought so, the Lieutenant-Colonel patted him on the shoulder. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- When you are a lieutenant! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Lieutenant Berrendo, watching the captain's face and his odd eyes, thought he was going to shoot the man then. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was as usual, my Lieutenant-Colonel. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Cavalry Corps: LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WADE HAMPTON, Commanding. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lieutenant D'Arnot was in the lead and moving at a quick pace, for the trail was comparatively open. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The room I shared with the lieutenant Rinaldi looked out on the courtyard. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- No, my Lieutenant-Colonel, Andreu Nin said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Two carabinieri took the lieutenant-colonel to the river bank. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Now the captain stopped shouting and turned to Lieutenant Berrendo. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But the devil is merely a fallen angel, and when God lost Satan he lost one of his best lieutenants. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Generally lieutenants were appointed to captaincies to fill vacancies in the staff corps. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The preparations at Corpus Christi for an advance progressed as rapidly in the absence of some twenty or more lieutenants as if we had been there. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He used to talk of that vision to the 'cabinet' of political lieutenants which met every Sunday night at his house. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Lieutenants in the army get about a dollar a day, and common soldiers a couple of cents. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Captains approved, the Lieutenants applauded, the Ensigns admired. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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