lieutenant

Forms

Plural: lieutenants

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
2.A person who manages or executes the plans and directives of another, more senior person; a manager to their director.
- Mr. Scott immediately asked someone at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash., to get Mr. Nadella, the chief executive, out of a meeting he was having with top lieutenants.
3.The second-in-command (2IC) of a group.
4.Alternative letter-case form of lieutenant (when used as a title before a name)

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1.A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3206

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Uncommon
General reading & writing: Rare
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Etymology

From Middle English lieutenant, lieftenaunt, from Anglo-Norman lieutenant, lyutenaunt, leu tenant, leu tenaunt (“deputy, lieutenant”), from Old French lieu (“place”) + tenant (“holder”).

Doublet of locum tenens and stadtholder.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

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By learning goal

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.