lieutenant

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ noun (abbreviation Lieut., Lt)
1 an officer of middle rank in the army, navy, or air force: Lieutenant Paul Fisher
See also - FLIGHT LIEUTENANT, SECOND LIEUTENANT, SUB LIEUTENANT
2 (in compounds) an officer just below the rank mentioned: a lieutenant colonel + Lieutenant Commander Browning
3 (in the US) a police officer of fairly high rank
4 a person who helps sb who is above them in rank or who carries out their duties when that person is unable to

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More information about RANK

RANK:

in the armed forces air force, army, navy ~

an air force/army sergeant an army/navy captain

air/field

marshal a

naval

captain/commander/lieutenant/officer

have/hold the rank of, serve as ~

She joined the navy and held the rank of captain. He served as a lieutenant in the marine corps.

be appointed, become, be made ~

He was made a colonel at the age of 40. She ought to have been made sergeant by now.

under ~

383 men under General Miles attacked the camp.

the rank of ~

She was promoted to the rank of colonel.

Concise English dictionary

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lieutenantslef'tenənt ,le't- /luː't-
noun
+a commissioned military officer
+an officer in a police force
+an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
+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