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lieutenant /lef-, lif- or ləf-tenˈənt/, also (esp navy) /le-, lə- or loo-tenˈ, (archaic) lootˈnənt, (US) loo-/ noun- A person representing, or performing the work of, a superior (formerly also figurative)
- An officer holding the place of another in his or her absence
- A commissioned officer in the army next below a captain, or in the navy next below a lieutenant-commander and ranking with captain in the army
- An officer in the police or fire departments next below a captain (US)
- A person holding a place next in rank to a superior, as in the compounds lieutenant-colonel, lieutenant-commander and lieutenant-general
ORIGIN: Fr; see lieu and tenant lieutenˈancy or lieutenˈantship, (Shakespeare) lieutenˈantry noun - The post or commission of a lieutenant
- Lieutenants as a group or class
lieutenant governor noun - A State governor's deputy (US and Aust)
- A governor subordinate to a governor-general
- A governor in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey
lieutenant governorship noun Lord Lieutenant (pl Lords Lieutenant, Lord Lieutenants or Lords Lieutenants) - A permanent representative of the Crown in a county, head of the magistracy and the chief executive authority
- The title of the viceroy of Ireland (until 1922)
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