单词 | captainlieutenant |
释义 | > see alsoalso refers to : captain-lieutenantn. > as lemmascaptain-lieutenant a. In the army: The officer next in rank to the captain. †Also in captain-lieutenant (see quot. 1728; cf. lieutenant-captain n. at Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > lieutenant legate1474 petty captainc1475 locum tenent1492 lieutenant1578 lieutenant-captain1728 teniente1798 luff1836 loot1898 looey1916 tenente1929 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 1 Who in his youth applied himselfe to the warres, and was lieutenant to a companie of horsemen. 1642 Althorp MS. in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) p. lxxxii To liefetennant Scotts horse of oates j. pecke. 1653 R. Baxter Christian Concord 82 The Lieutenant of the Troop..needs no new Commission. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 22 A Lievtenant of a Foot company. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Captain Captain Lieutenant, is he who commands a Troop, or Company, in the Name and Place of some other Person, who has the Commission, with the Title, Honour, and Pay thereof; but is dispens'd withal, on account of his Quality, from performing the Functions of his Post. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 3 Second Lieutenants take rank of Cornets and Ensigns. 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) In the footguards 24 of the lieutenants have the rank of captain in the army, and are called lieutenants and captains. < see also as lemmas |
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