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Definitions of lieutenant
  1. noun
    an officer in a police force

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  2. noun
    an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

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  3. noun
    a commissioned military officer
  4. noun
    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
Definition that contains lieutenant
  • captain an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
  • major a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
  • 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
  • colonel a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
  • commander a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
  • platoon a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant
  • fo an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel
  • commissioned (of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above
  • guevara an Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution; active in other Latin American countries; was captured and executed by the Bolivian army (1928-1967)
  • ensign a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade
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