LIEUTENANT
\lɛftˈɛnənt], \lɛftˈɛnənt], \l_ɛ_f_t_ˈɛ_n_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of LIEUTENANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an officer in a police force
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a commissioned military officer
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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
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.
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A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.
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A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.
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A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.
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A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.
By Noah Webster.
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An officer ranking next below a captain in the army and a lieutenant commander in the navy; one who acts for a superior in his absence; lieutenant colonel, an army officer next in rank above a major, and below a colonel; lieutenant general, an army officer next in rank above a major general, and below a general.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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: one holding a place next in rank to a superior, as in the compounds lieutenant-colonel, lieutenant-general.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An officer empowered to act in place of a superior; deputy.
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A commissioned officer next below a captain in the army or a commander in the navy.
By James Champlin Fernald
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An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a commissioned officer next below a captain; the officer next in rank to the commander; one in rank next, as lieutenant-colonel.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
