lieutenant
a commissioned military officer
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,574 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,548 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a commissioned military officer
- an officer in a police force also: police lieutenant
- an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent also: deputy
- 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
lieutenant in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Lieutenant Marvin, will you go with us?
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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And ah, for old Lieutenant Chock-a-Block— Fast, wife, chock-fast to death’s black dock!
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Six weeks after having enlisted, his pupil had been promoted corporal, then sergeant, then lieutenant.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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It was lieutenant Hall, who commanded the Fury which was one of the vessels nearest the shore.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1
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Lieutenant General Sherman was to have been of the party also, but the Indian war compelled his presence on the plains.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1