lieutenant
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James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024
After going over some adjustments to the plan, Perun turned to a thirty-five-year-old junior lieutenant who stood in front of the interactive panel, peering at the map through prescription ballistic glasses.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Two years later, on August 23, 1628, John Felton, a disgruntled lieutenant who’d served in a disastrous military expedition led by George, stabbed the 35-year-old duke to death at an inn in Portsmouth.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
When that didn’t work, a lieutenant whipped out his personal plasma cutter and sliced the rim from around her neck, officials said.
—Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
The staff members included Fire Chief Brian Fels, two deputy chiefs, three lieutenants and nine firefighters, some of whom are also paramedics.
—The Enquirer, 23 Mar. 2024
Burke, a loyal lieutenant, took over from Sidney Toledano, 72.
—Angelina Rascouet, Fortune Europe, 22 Mar. 2024
In the events of the film, The Penguin served as a lieutenant to crime boss Carmine Falcone, who meets an untimely end.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
The images were captured by a lieutenant with the sheriff's office on Wednesday, police said.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024
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lieutenant
noun
Middle English lieutenant "lieutenant," from early French lieutenant (same meaning), literally, "one holding the place for another," from lieu "place, position" and tenant "holding"
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