Lieutenant - Wikipedia The senior grade of lieutenant is known as first lieutenant in the United States, and as lieutenant in the United Kingdom and the rest of the English-speaking world
LIEUTENANT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster In English, lieutenant is best known as a military title, but the word is still sometimes used in its original meaning to refer to a person who acts in lieu of someone else
Lieutenant | Officer, Commissioned, Rank | Britannica Lieutenant, company grade officer, the lowest rank of commissioned officer in most armies of the world The lieutenant normally commands a small tactical unit such as a platoon
lieutenant - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (military, US) In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain Both ranks may be referred to as " lieutenant" or as the complete forms of the ranks
lieutenant - WordReference. com Dictionary of English Military [U S Navy ]a commissioned officer ranking between lieutenant junior grade and lieutenant commander a person who holds an office, civil or military, in subordination to a superior for whom he or she acts: If he can't attend, he will send his lieutenant