Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or office of a lieutenant; lieutenancy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
lieutenancy , 1.
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- noun
lieutenancy
Etymologies
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Examples
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Wherevpon to dissemble his intent, he appointed to reuoke him foorth of Britaine, as it were to honor him, not onelie with deserued triumphs, but also with the lieutenantship of Syria, which as then was void by the
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (4 of 8) The Fovrth Booke Of The Historie Of England Raphael Holinshed
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"Even a lieutenantship would be better than nothing."
The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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"Even a second lieutenantship will not be declined by yours truly."
The Rover Boys in Camp or, The Rivals of Pine Island Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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The career of so much glory and of so much gloom, of Corsican lieutenantship and Empire, of Brumaire and Bourbon Restoration, of
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871
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Cochrane would, of course, at once receive post-captain’s rank, Parker would receive a step, and I should get at least a second lieutenantship.
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She stood before him, quite silent for a moment, her eyes cast down, and a painful blush overspreading her artless face; then, in a trembling, hesitating voice, she began -- "Will yer honor plase -- no, may it plase yer lord-lieutenantship to let our poor Phin go!
Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children Grace Greenwood 1863
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