Английский Этимологический словарь - lieutenant
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Lieutenant
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~ n 1 a) a fairly low rank of an officer in the army, navy, or air force, or a fairly high rank in the US police b) an officer who has this rank 2 lieutenant colonel/general/Governor etc an officer or official with the rank below colonel, general2, governor etc 3 someone who does work for, or in place of, someone in a higher position; deputy (1) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(lieutenants) 1. A lieutenant is a person who holds a junior officer’s rank in the army, navy, marines, or air force, or in the American police force. Lieutenant Campbell ordered the man at the wheel to steer for the gunboat. N-COUNT; N-TITLE • Lieutenant is also a combining form. ...Lieutenant Colonel Gale Carter. COMB in N-TITLE 2. If you refer to someone as a person’s lieutenant, you mean they are that person’s assistant, especially their main assistant, in an organization or activity. He was my right-hand man, my lieutenant on the field, a cool, calculated footballer. = second-in-command N-COUNT: usu poss N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French lieu tenant, from liu + tenant holding, from tenir to hold, from Latin tenere — more at thin Date: 14th century 1. a. an official empowered to act for a higher official b. an aide or representative of another in the performance of duty ; assistant 2. a. (1) first ~ (2) second ~ b. a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a ~ junior grade and below a ~ commander c. a fire or police department officer ranking below a captain ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a deputy or substitute acting for a superior. 2 a an army officer next in rank below captain. b a naval officer next in rank below lieutenant commander. 3 US a police officer next in rank below captain. Phrases and idioms lieutenant colonel (or commander or general) officers ranking next below colonel, commander, or general. lieutenant-governor the acting or deputy governor of a State, province, etc., under a governor or Governor-General. Lieutenant of the Tower the acting commandant of the Tower of London. Derivatives lieutenancy n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: ME f. OF (as LIEU, TENANT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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лейтенант Воинское звание между лейтенантом-коммандером Lieutenant Commander и младшим лейтенантом Lieutenant Junior Grade в ВМС Navy LIEUTENANT COLONEL подполковник Воинское звание между майором Major и полковником Colonel в Сухопутных войсках, ВВС и морской пехоте ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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commander naut. капитан-лейтенант LIEUTENANT noun 1) лейтенант 2) заместитель LIEUTENANT colonel подполковник ...Англо-русский словарь
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