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Lieutenant   /lutˈɛnənt/   Listen
noun
Lieutenant  n.  
1.
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. "The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or lieutenant of God."
2.
(a)
A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.
(b)
A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.
(c)
A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander. Note: Lieutenant is often used, either adjectively or in hyphened compounds, to denote an officer, in rank next below another, especially when the duties of the higher officer may devolve upon the lower one; as, lieutenant general, or lieutenant-general; lieutenant colonel, or lieutenant-colonel; lieutenant governor, etc.
Deputy lieutenant, the title of any one of the deputies or assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county. (Eng.)
Lieutenant colonel, an army officer next in rank above major, and below colonel.
Lieutenant commander, an officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a commander and next above a lieutenant.
Lieutenant general. See in Vocabulary.
Lieutenant governor.
(a)
An officer of a State, being next in rank to the governor, and in case of the death or resignation of the latter, himself acting as governor. (U. S.)
(b)
A deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of one of several colonies under a governor general. (Eng.)





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"Lieutenant" Quotes from Famous Books



... City and County of New York: Sir—Notice is hereby given, that at the next General Election, to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November next, the following officers are to be elected, to wit:—A Governor and Lieutenant Governor of this State. 2 Canal Commissioners, to supply the place of Jonas Earll, junior, and Stephen Clark, whose terms of office will expire on the last day of December next. A Senator for the ...
— Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 • Various
... of the Supreme Council, which is contrary to my edict concerning that council; and I am the more surprised at this demand, since I am very sure that you are the only man in my kingdom who, being honored with the title of governor and lieutenant-general, would care to be styled chief and president of such a ...
— Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV • Francis Parkman
... Sault (or Saulx) was the son of the celebrated Gaspard de Saulx, Marechal de Travannes. He married Chretienne d'Aguirre, the daughter of Michel d'Aguirre, a celebrated jurisconsult of the diocese of Pampeluna, was created Lieutenant-Governor of ...
— The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 1 (of 3) • Julia Pardoe
... number five: it was only a tame naval lieutenant that was always on hand—-the most patient and harmless ...
— You Never Can Tell • [George] Bernard Shaw
... Did he not likewise say to the said commanding officer, that his brother, (then a colonel or lieutenant-colonel of militia,) was at Burlington with his family, and that he had advised him to remain there, and if the enemy took possession of the town, to take ...
— Nuts for Future Historians to Crack • Various


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