Lieutenant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A commissioned rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard that is above lieutenant junior grade and below lieutenant commander.
  • n. A first lieutenant.
  • n. A second lieutenant.
  • n. One who holds the rank of lieutenant, first lieutenant, or second lieutenant.
  • n. A commissioned officer in the British and Canadian navies ranking just below a lieutenant commander.
  • n. An officer in a police or fire department ranking below a captain.
  • n. One who acts in place of or represents a superior; an assistant or deputy: the organized crime figure and his lieutenants. See Synonyms at assistant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The lowest commissioned officer rank or ranks in many military forces.
  • n. A person who executes the plans and directives of another.
  • adj. A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty.
  • n.
  • n. A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.
  • n. A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.
  • n. A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In general, one who holds the place of another in the performance of any duty or function; one authorized to act in lieu of another, or employed to carry out his will or purposes; the substitute or representative of a superior.
  • n. One who holds an office, civil or military, in subordination to or as the representative of a superior; an officer authorized to perform certain functions in the absence or under the orders of another: as, the lieutenant of the Tower of London; the lord lieutenant of Ireland or of an English county (considered the direct representative of the sovereign).
  • n. In archery, the winner of a lieutenancy in a shooting-match.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a commissioned military officer
  • n. an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
  • n. an officer in a police force
  • n. an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade
  • Hypernym
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    LT.    LT    Lieut    Lieut.    lieut    Lt.    lieut.   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    pennant    tenant   
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    captain    sergeant    colonel    surgeon    admiral    secretary    pilot    sailor    governor    detective