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lieutenancy
noun
uk /lefˈten.ən.si/ us /luːˈten.ən.si/
[ C or U ]
the position of lieutenant(= an officer of middle rank in the armed forces), or the period when someone holds this position:
He won a lieutenancy by sheer bravery in the field.
A lieutenancy in the Guards from 1943 was followed by time in the diplomatic corps.
An attack was mounted on the duchy of Aquitaine, but the day was saved by the able lieutenancy of Richard of Cornwall.
[ S ]
lieutenants(= officers of middle rank in the armed forces) considered as a group:
There have been occasional attempts to infiltrate a new type of person into the ranks of the lieutenancy.
Related word
lieutenant
His heroism in that campaign earned him a second lieutenancy in the regular army.
When all other attempts to resume his military career had failed, he obtained a lieutenancy in the Royal African Colonial Corps.
She had obtained the right to sell lieutenancies in the army.
He said that most of the lieutenancy is a self-electing clique.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
General ranks in the armed forces
ADC
adjutant
adjutant general
aide-de-camp
artificer
bombardier
captain
CINC
commandant
commander-in-chief
commissioned
commissioned officer
grunt
Lt
marshal
NCO
non-commissioned
non-commissioned officer
officer
ranking
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