LIEUTENANT: значение слова

[lefˈtenənt]
naut. сущ.

1) лейтенант first lieutenant ≈ первый лейтенант; помощник командира корабля flight lieutenant ≈ капитан авиации lieutenant junior grade ≈ младший лейтенант second lieutenant ≈ второй лейтенант (низшее офицерское звание)

2) заместитель; помощник

лейтенант (морское) (старший) лейтенант заместитель

lieutenant заместитель ~ лейтенант

colonel
[lefˈtenəntˈkə:nl]
подполковник

подполковник

commander
[leˈtenəntkəˈmɑ:ndə]
мор. капитан-лейтенант

(морское) капитан-лейтенант

general
генерал-лейтенант

генерал-лейтенант (историческое) наместник

governor
заместитель губернатора

(канадское) губернатор провинции (американизм) заместитель губернатора, вице-губернатор (штата)

junior grade
амер. младший лейтенант

(американизм) (морское) младший лейтенант (тж. lieutenant j.g.)

noun see: thin
Date: 14th century


1. an official empowered to act for a higher official, an aide or representative of another in the performance of duty ; assistant ,

2. a. first lieutenant , second lieutenant , a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant junior grade and below a lieutenant commander, a fire or police department officer ranking below a captain

lieutenant colonel
noun
Date: 1598
a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a major and below a colonel

lieutenant commander
noun
Date: 1839
a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander

lieutenant general
noun
Date: 1589
a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who ranks above a major general and whose insignia is three stars

lieutenant governor
noun
Date: 1595
a deputy or subordinate governor: as, an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of an American state, the formal head of the government of a Canadian province appointed by the federal government as the representative of the crown, lieutenantship noun

lieutenant governorship
noun see: lieutenant governor

lieutenant junior grade
noun (plural lieutenants junior grade)
Date: circa 1909
a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard ranking above an ensign and below a lieutenant