'Lieutenant' definitions:
Definition of 'lieutenant'
From: WordNet
noun
A commissioned military officer
noun
An officer in a police force [syn: lieutenant, police lieutenant]
noun
An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent [syn: deputy, lieutenant]
noun
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
Definition of 'Lieutenant'
From: GCIDE
- Lieutenant \Lieu*ten"ant\ (l[-u]*t[e^]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. [1913 Webster]
- The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or lieutenant of God. --Abp. Bramhall. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lieutenant'
From: Easton
- Lieutenant (only in A.V. Esther 3:12; 8:9; 9:3; Ezra 8:36), a governor or viceroy of a Persian province having both military and civil power. Correctly rendered in the Revised Version "satrap."
Synonyms of 'lieutenant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acolyte,
- ADC,
- adjutant,
- admiral,
- advocate,
- agent,
- aid,
- aide,
- aide-de-camp,
- aider,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- amicus curiae,
- assistant,
- attendant,
- attorney,
- auxiliary,
- backup,
- backup man,
- bailiff,
- beadle,
- beagle,
- best man,
- bound bailiff,
- brigadier,
- brigadier general,
- captain,
- catchpole,
- champion,
- chicken colonel,
- chief of police,
- chief of staff,
- chief petty officer,
- CO,
- coadjutant,
- coadjutor,
- coadjutress,
- coadjutrix,
- colonel,
- commandant,
- commander,
- commander in chief,
- commanding officer,
- commissioned officer,
- commissioner,
- commodore,
- company officer,
- constable,
- deputy,
- deputy sheriff,
- detective,
- dummy,
- ensign,
- exec,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- fed,
- federal,
- field marshal,
- field officer,
- figurehead,
- first lieutenant,
- five-star general,
- fleet admiral,
- flic,
- four-star general,
- G-man,
- gendarme,
- general,
- general officer,
- generalissimo,
- government man,
- help,
- helper,
- helpmate,
- helpmeet,
- inspector,
- jemadar,
- junior officer,
- lictor,
- lieutenant colonel,
- lieutenant commander,
- lieutenant general,
- lieutenant junior grade,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- mace-bearer,
- major,
- major general,
- marechal,
- marshal,
- mounted policeman,
- MP,
- narc,
- naval officer,
- navarch,
- OD,
- officer,
- one-star general,
- orderly officer,
- paranymph,
- paraprofessional,
- patrolman,
- peace officer,
- petty officer,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- police captain,
- police commissioner,
- police constable,
- police inspector,
- police matron,
- police officer,
- police sergeant,
- policeman,
- policewoman,
- portreeve,
- procurator,
- proxy,
- rear admiral,
- reeve,
- representative,
- risaldar,
- roundsman,
- second,
- second in command,
- secondary,
- senior officer,
- sergeant,
- sergeant at arms,
- servant,
- shavetail,
- sheriff,
- sideman,
- sirdar,
- skipper,
- staff officer,
- stand-in,
- subahdar,
- subaltern,
- sublieutenant,
- substitute,
- superintendent,
- supporting actor,
- supporting instrumentalist,
- surrogate,
- the brass,
- the Old Man,
- three-star general,
- tipstaff,
- tipstaves,
- top brass,
- trooper,
- two-star general,
- understudy,
- utility man,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vice admiral,
- vicegerent,
- warrant officer
Words containing 'Lieutenant'
- Lieutenancy,
- 1st lieutenant,
- 2nd lieutenant,
- Captain lieutenant,
- Deputy lieutenant,
- Lieutenant colonel,
- Lieutenant commander,
- Lieutenant general,
- Lieutenant governor,
- Lord lieutenant,
- first lieutenant,
- lieutenant jg,
- police lieutenant,
- second lieutenant,
- lieutenant junior grade,
- lord lieutenant of Ireland,
- lord lieutenant of a county