Definition of Lieutenant

Lieutenant

An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty.

A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.

A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.

A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.

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Lieutenant Quotations

The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

It's a very, very fascinating story for me, cause it's about a man who's been doing bad; bad things. And he's a father of four children in parochial school, he's a lieutenant of detectives, but he's in conflict with himself and with trying to do what's right.
Harvey Keitel

I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way.
William Odom

Had there been a reporter along with Lieutenant Calley when he massacred those people in Vietnam, I think that probably wouldn't have happened.
Bob Schieffer

You're feeling the responsibility for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people on your shoulder in a way that I couldn't feel as lieutenant governor.
William Scranton

In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge.
Esai Morales

My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that.
Hugh Shelton

All was well, until I reached the port of Havre. Three officers with the rank of lieutenant, whom afterwards I knew to be Scotland Yard men, came aboard and demanded to see my papers which they took away from me.
Philip Gibbs

I have in hands, now, specimens of bottom from t he Gulf Stream, obtained by Lieutenant Craven, and I can say that they are among the most interesting that I have ever seen.
Edward Forbes

I was the last Republican lieutenant governor and it's been over 20 years.
Mike Curb

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Lieutenant Translations

lieutenant in Dutch is luitenant
lieutenant in French is lieutenant
lieutenant in Portuguese is tenente

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