单词 | lieutenantship |
释义 | lieutenantshipn. The office of a lieutenant. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > deputy governor > position of lieutenancy1450 lieutenantship1467 locumtenentry1544 lieutenantry1604 lieutenant-governorship1745 lieutenant-governancy1784 vice-governorship1876 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > lieutenant > position of lieutenancy1450 lieutenantship1467 locumtenentry1544 lieutenantry1604 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > lieutenant > office of lieutenancy1450 lieutenantship1467 locumtenentry1544 lieutenantry1604 1467–8 Rolls of Parl. V. 588/1 The Office of Stuardeship or Lieftenauntship of oure Lordeship and Maner of Wodestoke. 1591 H. Savile in tr. Tacitus Life Agricola in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. 242 In that Lieutenantship hauing spent scarsely three yeares, he was called home to bee Consull. 1626 J. Mead Let. 16 Sept. in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) I. 149 The Earl of Warwick is put out of his lieutenantship, and, which is more, out of the commission for the peace. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 226 Antipater..having succeeded Antipas his Father in the Lieutenantship of Idumœa. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) II. xxxiv. 445 The King gave him [the Marquis of Northampton]..the lieutenantship of the chase of Hampton Court. 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Aug. 4 He had been proposed for a lieutenantship, when..he deserted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1467 |
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