lieutenant

Definition:
1. A commissioned military officer.
2. An officer in a police force.
3. An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent.
4. 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.

Use 'lieutenant' in a sentence:

1. He was 22 years old, the first lieutenant for the Union Army.
2. Let me see if I have this correct, lieutenant.
3. The English of the lieutenant general is very eccentric, empty insipidity, interpreter official leisurely, below drowsy.
4. Yang Liwei, then a lieutenant-colonel in the Chinese air force, spent 21 hours in space.
5. A private didn't notice a young lieutenant him.
6. In the army, lieutenants are subordinate to captains.
7. Lieutenant Johnson was my father.
8. Good evening, Lieutenant.
9. But the lieutenant did not hear him.
10. A Soviet lieutenant hands cigarettes to German prisoners somewhere near Kursk, in July of 1943.
11. He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.
12. Lieutenant wants to make sure you're in position.
13. The lieutenant said sternly, "You did not salute me. For this you must immediately salute one hundred times."
14. A young man of 23 years of age named Robert FitzRoy was a Lieutenant on this voyage.
15. Khan was a lieutenant of a notable warlord, Gul Bahadur.
16. Respected Mr. Brian K. Krolicki, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada.
17. The lieutenant was put in charge of an infantry platoon.
18. Please tell me that you have something more, Lieutenant.
19. Lieutenant Ryan closed his eyes, first mentally viewing the different crime scenes, then correlating the data.
20. Mr Ozawa arranged for Mr Hatoyama, a loyal lieutenant, to be his successor.
21. Lieutenants now cap at 1.5 from 1. Recon at 1.
22. Mr Isea is a former army lieutenant, with a limited background in economics.
23. The lieutenant stopped and stood stock-still.
24. INT: Lieutenant Smith, as you know, you are not beingcharged with a crime at this time.
25. I accepted a commission as first lieutenant when the war began.
26. Lieutenant Malcolm said she saw no sign that the exodus from Haiti was abating.
27. "Can that be Marius?" said the lieutenant.
28. A lieutenant raced up onto the guardwalk, out of breath.
29. I think I'll take your seat, lieutenant.
30. They might even make me lieutenant.
31. As a second lieutenant, he had to salute damned near everybody.
32. He was my right-hand man, my lieutenant on the field, a cool, calculated footballer.
33. Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Goldsmith has found they also make a good cattle corral.
34. That's a matter of public record, lieutenant.
35. Mission: First Lieutenant Russell Landry's plane was shot down in the Adriatic sea.
36. Such is the case with the word lieutenant.
37. A lieutenant colonel ranks above a major.
38. That would open up a race for the lieutenant-governor’s job.
39. Then Lieutenant Grub launched into the old recruiting routine, "See, save and serve!
40. What a difference a day makes, lieutenant.
41. He was a second lieutenant in the army until he deserted.
42. I'm a novice at these things, Lieutenant. You're the professional.
43. The Change of Power Discourse in The French Lieutenant's Woman.
44. Crowley was selected by a black police lieutenant to teach fellow officers about racial profiling.
45. He's a retired lieutenant colonel and a bit of a martinet.
46. He's a retired Lieutenant Colonel and a bit of a martinet.
47. His plan was to become a Marine Corps second lieutenant.
48. He and Lieutenant Cassidy were checking the scene of the crime.
49. He was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Air Force.
50. Lieutenant Campbell ordered the man at the wheel to steer for the gunboat.
51. If I am made chairman, I hope Simon will stay on as my trusted lieutenant.
52. By invasion time the lieutenant commander had cognizance over a thousand officers and ten thousand men.
53. I was a naval officer, lieutenant junior grade.