lieutenant : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain
  1st lieutenant.
  

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• noun a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps holding the lowest rank
  2nd lieutenant.
  

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• a lieutenant with the rank and duties of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, as in the first company of an English regiment.

Webster 1913

• the title of any one of the deputies or assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county. Eng.

Webster 1913

• noun a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain
  1st lieutenant.
  

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• noun a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel
  light colonel.
  

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• an army officer next in rank above major, and below colonel.

Webster 1913

• noun a commissioned officer in the Navy ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander
  

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• an officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a commander and next above a lieutenant.

Webster 1913

• noun a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general
  

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• . See in Vocabulary.

Webster 1913

• noun an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of a state of the United States
  

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• . (a) An officer of a State, being next in rank to the governor, and in case of the death or resignation of the latter, himself acting as governor . U. S. (b) A deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of one of several colonies under a governor general. Eng.

Webster 1913

• noun an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign
  lieutenant JG.
  

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• noun an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign
  lieutenant JG.
  

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• a representative of British royalty: the lord lieutenant of Ireland being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county.

Webster 1913

• noun an officer in a police force
  lieutenant.
  

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• noun a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps holding the lowest rank
  2nd lieutenant.
  

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