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Lieutenant   /lutˈɛnənt/   Listen
Lieutenant

noun
1.
A commissioned military officer.
2.
An officer in a police force.  Synonym: police lieutenant.
3.
An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent.  Synonym: deputy.
4.
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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"Lieutenant" Quotes from Famous Books



... There was an agreement that I should settle all my Amelia's fortune on her, except a certain sum, which was to be laid out in my advancement in the army, and shortly afterwards I was preferred to the rank of a lieutenant in my regiment, and ordered to Gibraltar. I noticed that Amelia's sister, Miss Betty, who had said many ill-natured things of our marriage, now again became ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV. • Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton

... made in 1864, at the time he commissioned Ulysses S. Grant Lieutenant-General and Commander of all the armies of the Republic. It is said that this negative, with one of General Grant, was made in commemoration of ...
— Abraham Lincoln, Vol. I. • John T. Morse

... once took the command of the post upon himself, and dispatched Hobomok and two of the settlers who came to place themselves under his orders, to bring in all of the others whom they could reach, sending word that he would feed them. Many of them, including Sanders' lieutenant named Manning, came at the summons, and before night all who would were safe within the stockade, and were served each man with a pint of shelled corn, all that could be spared, for it was taken from the Pilgrims' ...
— Standish of Standish - A story of the Pilgrims • Jane G. Austin

... spite of the danger of their situation they could not help observing the man. He was tall, and well formed, and unmistakably a military character. He appeared to be above the general type of captain or lieutenant. ...
— The Khaki Boys Over the Top - Doing and Daring for Uncle Sam • Gordon Bates

... moment of setting out a curious incident occurred. Castelroux's company of dragoons had ridden into the courtyard as we were mounting. They lined up under their lieutenant's command, to allow us to pass; but as we reached the porte-cochere we were delayed for a moment by a travelling-carriage, entering for relays, and coming, apparently, from Toulouse. Castelroux and I backed our horses until we were in the midst of the dragoons, ...
— Bardelys the Magnificent • Rafael Sabatini


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