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Lieutenant meaning

  1. The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
  2. In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant" or as the complete forms of the ranks.

Synonyms of Lieutenant

commissioned military officer supporter help helper assistant deputy peace officer law officer lawman police lieutenant commissioned naval officer

Lieutenant in Dutch

Example sentences (20)

Deputy Lieutenant Christine Mackay, Ardgay, dropped into Gledfield Primary School to pick up their competition entries.

Attendees included Vice Lord-Lieutenant Brian Buchan, and business leaders from some of Milton Park’s largest occupiers.

During the encounter, Milton stabbed an adult female and then an APD lieutenant as he attempted to take her into custody.

But, Lockhart had only been on the force less than three years when he was made the first Black lieutenant.

Instead, he told them that he had become a Flight Lieutenant in the Air Force and was going for training and came to Lucknow.

Dr John Harrington, deputy lieutenant of Banffshire, laid a wreath in his first year involved with the parade in his new role.

Dumfries: coronation choral evensong will take place at St John’s Church at 6 pm, attended by Lord Lieutenant Fiona Armstrong.

Bongo worked as his father’s faithful lieutenant, travelling the globe and forging contacts at the time of the second oil boom.

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He killed both of them with the Lieutenant's handgun and continued back to the trenches with the dying officer on his shoulders.

Lieutenant Colonel Wu Bong-yeng poses for a photo at an airbase in Hsinchu, Taiwan, January 11, 2023.

After he and Princess Elizabeth moved to Malta in 1949, Philip served initially as First Lieutenant on the destroyer HMS Chequers.

It was built from money that people paid to Liberty, Beers’ top lieutenant confirmed to ProPublica.

Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said: "We strike Hamas, we strike their infrastructure and we are actively hunting commanders.

Mr. Utkin, 53, was a prominent commander in the private Russian military company and a longtime lieutenant to Yevgeny V. Prigozhin.

Cadet Sergeant Thomas Wright of King Edward VI Grammar School has been confirmed as the Lord Lieutenant’s CCF Cadet for Lincolnshire.

In fact the Liverpool midfielder is still a trusted lieutenant to Southgate now 13 years after he picked up the first of his 74 caps.

Kasich Kostiantyn, 42, a senior lieutenant of 93rd Ukrainian brigade was killed on Tuesday, Feb. 14 in the fightings in Bakhmut area.

Lieutenant General Solochi noted that the process might have taken long but that it was worth it.

At the Nov. 1 meeting, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Steven Blake, a Barrington High school alum, was honored as part of Veterans Day tributes.

He wouldn’t have dispatched his top lieutenant before the publication of The Atlantic piece if he did not believe there was a problem.

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Common combinations with lieutenant

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "lieutenant" in a sentence?
An example: "Deputy Lieutenant Christine Mackay, Ardgay, dropped into Gledfield Primary School to pick up their competition entries." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "lieutenant" from real English texts.
What does "lieutenant" mean?
Lieutenant means: The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
What are synonyms of "lieutenant"?
Common synonyms of "lieutenant" include: commissioned military officer, supporter, help, helper, assistant, deputy, peace officer, law officer. Plus 3 more synonyms.
What is "lieutenant" in Dutch?
"lieutenant" translates to Dutch as: luitenant.
How many example sentences with "lieutenant" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "lieutenant", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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