lieutenant

nounassistant

Antonyms for lieutenant

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "one who takes the place of another," from Old French lieu tenant "substitute, deputy," literally "placeholder," from lieu "place" (see lieu) + tenant, present participle of tenir "to hold" (see tenant). The notion is of a "substitute" for higher authority. Specific military sense of "officer next in rank to a captain" is from 1570s. Pronunciation with lef- is common in Britain, and spellings to reflect it date back to 14c., but the origin of this is a mystery (OED rejects suggestion that it comes from old confusion of -u- and -v-).

Example Sentences for lieutenant

Lieutenant Rawlins volunteered to try and reach it with the order.

Captain Baker and Lieutenant Wheatley followed with a few more.

Lieutenant Wynter brought these back, as an escort to the guns.

Lieutenant Ford was wounded and a branch of an artery was cut.

Had he not had the strength to do so, Lieutenant Ford must have died.

"Yes; go with the lieutenant, children," said Madame Permon.

The lieutenant heard somebody say, "That's Blackbeard hisself."

Suddenly, the mouth of a pistol was pointing straight at the lieutenant's head.

She'd like to be an Irish girl called Kitty in love with the lieutenant.

One man urged, that the lieutenant had been kind to him when he was sick.

lieutenant

Synonyms for lieutenant

Antonyms for lieutenant

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lieutenant

Synonyms for lieutenant

Antonyms for lieutenant

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