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lieutenant

noun
/lɛfˈtɛn.ənt/UK/l(j)uˈtɛn.ənt/US/l(j)uˈtɛn.ənt/CA/ˈlɛf.ʈə.nənʈ/

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.

  1. derived from lieu — “place”
  2. derived from lieutenant
  3. inherited from lieutenant

Definitions

  1. The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and…

    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 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. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies

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

    2. Alternative letter-case form of lieutenant (when used as a title before a name)

The neighborhood

Derived

brevet lieutenant, captain lieutenant, corvette lieutenant, desk lieutenant, fifth lieutenant, first lieutenant, flag lieutenant, flight lieutenant, fourth lieutenant, frigate lieutenant, junior lieutenant, lieutenant admiral, lieutenant-admiral, lieutenant captain, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant-colonel, lieutenant-colonelcy, lieutenant commander, lieutenantess, lieutenant general, lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, lieutenant junior grade, lieutenant marshal, lieutenantry, lieutenant senior grade, lieutenantship, police lieutenant, second lieutenant, senior lieutenant, shift lieutenant, ship of the line lieutenant, staff lieutenant, sublieutenant, third lieutenant, underlieutenant

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lieutenant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01lieutenant02officer03organization04entities05entity06individual07belonging08owned09owner10captain

A definitional loop anchored at lieutenant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at lieutenant

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA