- Lieutenant - Wikipedia
The senior grade of lieutenant is known as first lieutenant in the United States, and as lieutenant in the United Kingdom and the rest of the English-speaking world
- A List of The U. S. Military Ranks in Order : Lieutenant
So a lieutenant is a placeholder, one who takes the place or of or is deputy to a superior officer In non-military contexts, lieutenant is a synonym of assistant or deputy In the U S military, a lieutenant in the navy is the equivalent of a captain in the army
- LIEUTENANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
luˈten·ənt Add to word list a naval officer of middle rank, above an ensign; or a military officer of the lowest rank (Definition of lieutenant from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
- Lieutenant | Officer, Commissioned, Rank | Britannica
Lieutenant, company grade officer, the lowest rank of commissioned officer in most armies of the world The lieutenant normally commands a small tactical unit such as a platoon
- LIEUTENANT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you refer to someone as a person's lieutenant, you mean they are that person's assistant, especially their main assistant, in an organization or activity He was my right-hand man, my lieutenant on the field, a cool, calculated footballer Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
- Lieutenant - definition of lieutenant by The Free Dictionary
lieutenant noun A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of the superior's responsibilities:
- lieutenant - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(military, US) In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain Both ranks may be referred to as " lieutenant" or as the complete forms of the ranks
- LIEUTENANT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
noun Military first lieutenant second lieutenant U S Navy a commissioned officer ranking between lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant commander a person who holds an office, civil or military, in subordination to a superior they act for If he can't attend, he will send his lieutenant
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