lieutenant

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  1. noun A commissioned rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard that is above lieutenant junior grade and below lieutenant commander.
  2. noun A first lieutenant.
  3. noun A second lieutenant.
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  • All good sailors sleep with one eye and ear open, so that in a twinkling the lieutenant was afoot making for the beach, and calling for the surgeon to follow. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Captain Canot, or Twenty Years of an African Slaver, by Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot.
  • He waved his hat in mock salute and led his partner and their horses away When the authorities arrived, the lieutenant was the center of most of the attention. —  AHMM,July-August2007
  • A Kundra lieutenant has been arrested on bribery charges. —  Dr Roy's Thoughts
  • Adnan Jaafar, an army lieutenant was among those casting ballots. —  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News
  • While the lieutenant was addressing the eldest of the two ladies, Tom was turning an admiring glance at the youngest, who still held the little boy in her arms, while he had thrown his round her neck, and was every now and then taking an alarmed look at the strangers I am afraid that he is frightened at us," said Tom. —  The Three Commanders
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  1. Middle English, deputy, from Old French : lieu, lieu; see lieu + tenant, present participle of tenir, to hold (from Latin tenēre; see ten- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. Formerly also lieftenant, leftenant; from Middle English levetenant, from Old French lieutenant, French lieutenant = Italian locotenente from Middle Latin locum tenen(t-)s, one who holds the place of another: L. locum, ace. of locus, place; tenen(t-)s, present participle of tenere, hold: see lieu and tenant. Cf. locum-tenens.
 

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/lɛfˈtɛnənt/
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