Definition of "lieutenants" []

• Plural form of lieutenant. (noun)

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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"
• "My book is written for theses small businesses, for what I call the lieutenants of industry, as opposed to the captains."
• "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."