lieutenant

lieu·ten·ant  (l-tnnt)

n.

1.

a. Abbr. LT or Lt. A commissioned rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard that is above lieutenant junior grade and below lieutenant commander.

b. A first lieutenant.

c. A second lieutenant.

d. One who holds the rank of lieutenant, first lieutenant, or second lieutenant.

2. (lf-tnnt) A commissioned officer in the British and Canadian navies ranking just below a lieutenant commander.

3. An officer in a police or fire department ranking below a captain.

4. One who acts in place of or represents a superior; an assistant or deputy: the organized crime figure and his lieutenants. See Synonyms at assistant.

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[Middle English, deputy, from Old French : lieu, lieu; see lieu + tenant, present participle of tenir, to hold (from Latin tenre; see ten- in Indo-European roots).]

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lieu·tenan·cy n.

Word History: What is the connection between a lieutenant governor and a lieutenant in the army? In the etymology of the word lieutenant, at least, the connection lies in their holding a place; that is, the word lieutenant is from an Old French compound made up of lieu, "place," and tenant, "holding." The word in Old French and the borrowed Middle English word lieutenant, first recorded near the end of the 14th century, referred to a person who acted for another as a deputy. This usage has survived, for example, in our term lieutenant governor, the deputy of the governor and the one who replaces the governor if need be. In military parlance lieutenant appears by itself as well as in compounds such as first lieutenant and second lieutenant, which muddy the water a bit, but the original notion of the word in military usage was that the officer it referred to ranked below the next one up and could replace him if need be. A lieutenant in the U.S. Army could thus step into the shoes of a captain.

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lieutenant [lɛfˈtɛnənt (US) luːˈtɛnənt]

n

1. (Military) a military officer holding commissioned rank immediately junior to a captain

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) a naval officer holding commissioned rank immediately junior to a lieutenant commander

3. (Business / Professions) US an officer in a police or fire department ranking immediately junior to a captain

4. (Business / Professions) a person who holds an office in subordination to or in place of a superior

[from Old French, literally: place-holding]

lieutenancy  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lieutenant - a commissioned military officer       armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" commissioned military officer - a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps 1st lieutenant, first lieutenant - a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a 2nd lieutenant and below a captain 2nd lieutenant, second lieutenant - a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps holding the lowest rank sublieutenant - an officer ranking next below a lieutenant
	2.	lieutenant - an officer in a police force         police lieutenant law officer, lawman, peace officer - an officer of the law
	3.	lieutenant - an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent deputy assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" second-in-command - someone who relieves a commander vicar-general - (Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop vice-regent - a regent's deputy
	4.	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 armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" commissioned naval officer - a commissioned officer in the navy

Translations

lieutenant [lefˈtenənt] (US) [luːˈtenənt]

A. N (Mil) → teniente mf (Naut) → teniente mf de navío; (= deputy) → lugarteniente mf

B. CPD lieutenant colonel N → teniente mf coronel
lieutenant commander N → capitán/ana m/f de corbeta
lieutenant general N (Mil) → teniente mf general

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lieutenant [lɛfˈtɛnənt] n → lieutenant m
lieutenant-colonel [lɛfˌtɛnəntˈkɜː^rn^əl] n → lieutenant-colonel m

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lieutenant [, (US)]

n

→ Leutnant m; (Brit) → Oberleutnant m; first lieutenant (US) → Oberleutnant m; second lieutenant → Leutnant m

(= governor) → Statthalter(in) m(f), → Gouverneur(in) m(f)

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lieutenant:

lieutenant colonel

n → Oberstleutnant m

lieutenant commander

n → Korvettenkapitän m

lieutenant general

n (Brit) → Generalleutnant m

lieutenant governor

n (US) → Vizegouverneur(in) m(f)

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lieutenant [lɛfˈtɛnənt, ɐɒm luːˈtɛnənt] n (Mil) → tenente m (Naut) → tenente m di vascello

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lieutenant [lɛfˈtɛnənt, ɐɒm luːˈtɛnənt] n (Mil) → tenente m (Naut) → tenente m di vascello

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lieutenant

n lieutenant [ləfˈtenənt]

(often abbreviated toLt., ~Lieut., when written)

1 in the army, the rank next below captain. luitenant ليفتِنانت: رُتْبَه عَسْكَرِيَّه лейтенант nadporučík løjtnant der Leutnant υπολοχαγός teniente leitnant ستوان luutnantti lieutenant סֶגֶן लेफ्टिनेंट poručnik főhadnagy, (Amerikában:) hadnagy letnan lautinantstaða tenente 中尉 (육군) 중위 leitenantas leitnants leftenan luitenant løytnant porucznik tenente locotenent лейтенант nadporučík poročnik poručnik löjtnant ร้อยโท teğmen (陸軍)中尉 лейтенант کیپٹن کے نچلے درجے کا فوجی افسر trung úy 中尉

2 in the navy, the rank next below lieutenant-commander. luitenant-ter-see رائِد بَحْري лейтенант poručík løjtnant der Kapitänleutnant υποπλοίαρχος alférez de navío leitnant ناوبان یکم luutnantti second תַּת- सहायक poručnik hadnagy perwira lautinant tenente 大尉 (해군) 대위 jaunesnysis leitenantas leitnants leftenan luitenant-ter-zee løytnant porucznik tenente secund (старший) лейтенант poručík prvi častnik poručnik kapten เรือโท yüzbaşı (海軍)上尉 лейтенант بحریہ کا افسر جس کا درجہ لفٹیننٹ کمانڈر سے نیچے ہے đại úy hải quân 上尉

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lieutenant → ملازم أول nadporučík løjtnant Leutnant υπολοχαγός teniente luutnantti lieutenant poručnik tenente 中尉 중위 luitenant løytnant porucznik tenente лейтенант löjtnant นายร้อยโท teğmen trung úy 陆军中尉