Lieutenant /(lū̇*tĕn"ant)/
Lieu·ten·ant
Lieutenant
n.
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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.
The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or lieutenant of God.
- A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.
Phrases & Compounds
- Deputy lieutenant
- the title of any one of the deputies or assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county.
- Lieutenant colonel
- an army officer next in rank above major, and below colonel.
- Lieutenant commander
- an officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a commander and next above a lieutenant.
- Lieutenant general
- See in Vocabulary.
- Lieutenant governor
- 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.