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Meanings of lieutenants in English

Rank of the Royal Navy.

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Usage of lieutenants in English
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I therefore recommend that the two lieutenants be allowed to leave quarantine.
Beyond The Frontier: Steadfast
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For Burton's other lieutenants, it complicated the future and simplified the present.
The Churn
3
The trusted lieutenants held the rank and file in readiness for action.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
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The lord lieutenants were first appointed to the counties in this reign.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part D. / From...
5
Hekmatyar's lieutenants know how the US and NATO fight and their weaknesses.
Wired
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So Steve and his army of lieutenants only demoed 10 core areas.
Wired
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He could sense his Organization's top lieutenants waiting patiently outside the suite.
The Neutronium Alchemist
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It is not clear how Murdoch and his lieutenants viewed the complaints.
Reuters
9
But Maine's split vote was no surprise to Davis and his lieutenants.
A. lincoln: a biography
10
The top sergeant raced outside and found one of the company lieutenants.
I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon
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One by one, they found their lieutenants and listened to their reports.
Casket of Souls
12
At the convention they are to be the trusted lieutenants of Nevins.
The Transgressors / Story of a Great Sin / A Political Novel of ...
13
The talk around the low table among the man's lieutenants died away.
Blood and Bone
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On an emergency, the captain and four lieutenants can officer the ship.
Down the Rhine; Or, Young America in Germany
15
One of our lieutenants was ill, and another away in a prize.
The Loss of the Royal George
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The lieutenants of Valerian were grateful to the father, whom they esteemed.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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