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1. (n.) lieutenant
a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard ranking above a lieutenant junior grade.
2. lieutenant
a person who holds an office, civil or military, in subordination to a superior for whom he or she acts.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < MF, n. use of adj. phrase lieu tenant place-holding)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) lieutenant
a commissioned military officer
2. (noun) lieutenant, police lieutenant
an officer in a police force
3. (noun) deputy, lieutenant
an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
4. (noun) lieutenant
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
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1. (noun) lieutenant
a middle-ranking military officer
a lieutenant in the army
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Lieutenant
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
2. (noun) Lieutenant
a commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain
3. (noun) Lieutenant
a commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander
4. (noun) Lieutenant
a commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander
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Sense: in the army, the rank next below captain.
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 Afrikaans: luitenant |
 Arabic: ليفتِنانت: رُتْبَه عَسْكَ |
 Bulgarian: лейтенант |
 Brazilian: tenente |
 Czech: nadporučík |
 German: der Leutnant |
 Danish: løjtnant |
 Greek: υπολοχαγός |
 Spanish: teniente |
 Estonian: leitnant |
 Farsi: ستوان |
 Finnish: luutnantti |
 French: lieutenant |
 Hebrew: סֶגֶן |
 Hindi: लेफ्टिनेंट |
 Croatian: poručnik |
 Hungarian: főhadnagy, (Amerikában:) |
 Indonesian: letnan |
 Icelandic: lautinantstaða |
 Italian: tenente |
 Japanese: 中尉 |
 Korean: (육군) 중위 |
 Lithuanian: leitenantas |
 Latvian: leitnants |
 Malay: leftenan |
 Dutch: luitenant |
 Norwegian: løytnant |
 Polish: porucznik |
 Persian: نايب،وكيل |
 Pashto: نايب،وكيل |
 Portuguese: tenente |
 Romanian: locotenent |
 Russian: лейтенант |
 Slovak: nadporučík |
 Slovenian: poročnik |
 Serbian: poručnik |
 Swedish: löjtnant |
 Thai: ร้อยโท |
 Turkish: teğmen |
 Taiwanese: (陸軍)中尉 |
 Ukrainian: лейтенант |
 Urdu: کیپٹن کے نچلے درجے کا فوج |
 Vietnamese: trungúy |
 Chinese: 陆军中尉 |
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