Definition of Leiutenant
Lieu*ten"ant (l&usl;*t&ebreve;n"ant),
n. [F., fr. lieu place + tenant
holding, p. pr. of tenir to hold, L. tenere. See
Lieu, and Tenant, and cf. Locum Tenens.]
1. 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. Abp. Bramhall.
2. (a) A commissioned officer
in the army, next below a captain. (b) A
commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a
commander. (c) A commissioned officer in
the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant
commander.
&fist; Lieutenant is often used, either adjectively or in
hyphened compounds, to denote an officer, in rank next below another,
especially when the duties of the higher officer may devolve upon the
lower one; as, lieutenant general, or lieutenant-
general; lieutenant colonel, or lieutenant-colonel;
lieutenant governor, etc.
Deputy lieutenant, the title of any one of
the deputies or assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county.
[Eng.] -- 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.
(a) 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. [U. S.] (b) A
deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of one of several
colonies under a governor general. [Eng.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The second lowest rank of a commissioned army officer, above a second lieutenant and below a captain. Called first lieutenant (1st lieutenant) in the US Army.
- A naval officer whose rank is above that of ensign in the United States Navy and below that of a lieutenant commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant.
- A naval officer in the Royal Navy who holds the rank above sub-lieutenant and below lieutenant commander.
- A person who executes the plans and directives of another.
- A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general.
French
- lieutenant
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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