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LIEUTENANCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The position of a lieutenant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lieutenancy" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
Derivation:
lieutenant (an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent)
lieutenant (an officer in a police force)
lieutenant (a commissioned military officer)
lieutenant (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)
