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Synonyms for lieutenant

noun

officer, army officer, navy officer, marine officer, military man, soldier, platoon leader, fighter, commissioned officer, leader, looie*, 90-day wonder*, shavetail*; see also officer 3.

Lieutenants include: first, second, junior grade, sublieutenant.

See lieutenant in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun

A person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of the superior's responsibilities:

adjutant, aide, assistant, auxiliary, coadjutant, coadjutor, deputy, helper, second2. See help

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