Lieutenant

lef-ten′ant, n. one representing or performing the work of another: an officer holding the place of another in his absence: a commi ioned officer in the army next below a captain, or in the navy next below a commander and ranking with captain in the army: one holding a place next in rank to a superior, as in the compounds Lieuten′ant-col′onel , Lieuten′ant-gen′eral .— ns. Lieuten′ancy , Lieuten′antship , office or commi ion of a lieutenant: the body of lieutenants; Lieuten′ant-gov′ern or , in India, the name of the chief official in the provinces of Bengal, Behar, and Ori a, the North-western Provinces, and Oudh, Punjab, and Delhi; Lieuten′ant-gov′ernorship ; Lieuten′antry ( Shak. ), lieutenancy; Lord′-lieuten′ant , the title of the viceroy of Ireland: in the British Isles, a permanent governor of a county appointed by the sovereign, usually a peer or other large land-owner, at the head of the magistracy and the chief executive authority; Sub′-lieuten′ant , formerly mate or pa ed midshipman, now the intermediate rank in the navy between midshipman and lieutenant.— Field-marshal lieutenant (see Field-marshal ). [Fr.; cf. Lieu and Tenant .] IMG:c270_px_Chambers_1908_Lifebelt.png_utm_source_en.wiki source.org_utm_campaign_parser_utm_content_thumbnail:Chambers_1908_Lifebelt.png-250px-Chambers_1908_Lifebelt.png?utm_source=en.wiki source.org _campaign=parser _content=thumbnail