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lieutenant

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1. lieutenant - Noun

2. lieutenant - Adjective

Meaning

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.

A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.

A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.

A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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“144 army officers and 3720 officers of other ranks in this great regiment sacrificed their lives for our future,” Silva, a lieutenant general said during his address. Source: Internet

A deputy tank commander some 200 yards away, Lieutenant Grabowski, saw 2 Phalangistists beating two young men, who were then taken back into the camp, after which shots rang out, and the soldiers left. Source: Internet

A former Army lieutenant colonel who lost both legs when her helicopter came under fire in Iraq in 2004, Ms. Duckworth, a senator from Illinois, was an assistant secretary of veterans affairs during the Obama administration. Source: Internet

According to Lewenhaupt's Lieutenant, Friedrich Christoph von Weihe, the Swedish losses in killed amounted to 2,000 men in the battle along with a number of captured. Source: Internet

Allen: Lieutenant governor, we certainly thank you for your service to our country and we just really appreciate your time today. Source: Internet

After the second incident an enraged Flight Lieutenant Harold W. Raeburn said furiously, "Why don't you take all my bloody aeroplanes, make a heap of them in the middle of the aerodrome and set fire to them – it's quicker!" Source: Internet

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