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- noun Plural form of
lieutenant .
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Examples
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His Majefty fent orders to bring the French officers with all fpeed from Bantrey to the quarters of the regiments in which they were to ferve •, and they were all employed and diftributed in different pofts, according to the rank which the ambaflador denred: his Majefty making thofe who had been captains in France, majors -, thofe who had been - lieutenants, captains; the enfigns, lieutenants; and the cadets, enfigns or lieutenants*; the engineers were particularly fent for, and dif - patched
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My book is written for theses small businesses, for what I call the lieutenants of industry, as opposed to the captains.
scotthodge.org Scott Hodge 2009
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Rotc cadets come out as lieutenants (and lieutenants is the bottom of the officer rank structure), and outside of a few prima donnas who insist that officer makes one superior to non-officers, lieutenants are treated as idiots by 90 percent of the military.
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I was all for the invasion of Afghanistan, but when the U.S. government started seeing nation building as the main goal instead of the killing or apprehending Bin Laden and his lieutenants is when the war effort went awry in my opinion.
Jones on getting Bin Laden: 'We're going to have to get after that' 2009
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I was all for the invasion of Afghanistan, but when the U.S. government started seeing nation building as the main goal instead of the killing or apprehending Bin Laden and his lieutenants is when the war effort went awry in my opinion.
CNN Poll: Americans mostly agree with Obama on Afghanistan 2009
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Roe's "lieutenants" - or sub-dealers - were Paul "PJ" Jones, 39, of Blennerhasset, David Hodgson, 21, of Lowca Lane,
News round-up 2008
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Roe's "lieutenants" - or sub-dealers - were Paul "PJ" Jones, 39, of Blennerhasset, David Hodgson, 21, of Lowca Lane,
News round-up 2008
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Roe's "lieutenants" - or sub-dealers - were Paul "PJ" Jones, 39, of Blennerhasset, David Hodgson, 21, of Lowca Lane,
News round-up 2008
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With an incredible coalition of indigenous forces, Cortés and his lieutenants were able to bring about the fall of one of the greatest indigenous American empires in only two years.
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With an incredible coalition of indigenous forces, Cortés and his lieutenants were able to bring about the fall of one of the greatest indigenous American empires in only two years.
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