 | English language - 1842 - 308 pages
...keep back. PETEN'TION, restraint; confinement. ENTERTAIN', to receive with hospitality ; to cherish. LIEUTEN'ANT, an officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence. MAINTAIN', (282), to uphold. OBTAIN', to gain ; to get. PERTAIN', to belong to. PER'TINENT, applicable.... | |
 | Henry Butter - English language - 1844 - 312 pages
...keep back. DETEN'TION, restraint; confinement. ENTERTAIN', to receive with hospitality; to cherish. LIEUTEN'ANT, an officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence. MAINTAIN', (282), to uphold. OBTAIN', to gain; to get. PERTAIN', to belong to. PER'TINENT, applicable.... | |
 | Alexander Reid - English language - 1845 - 638 pages
...lientery. Lieu, n. (Fr.) place; room; stead Lieu-ten'ant, Hv-tSn'ant, n. (Fr. Kiu, tenant) a deputy ; an officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence-^ Lleu-ti?n'an-cy, n. the office or commission of a lieutenant ; the body of lieutenants. Lieu-ton'ant-ship,... | |
 | Alexander Reid - English language - 1846 - 576 pages
...lientery. Lieu, n. (Fr.) place; room; stead Lieu-ten'ant, liv-tën'ant, n. (Fr. lieu, tenant) a deputy ; an officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence. Lieu-tèn'an-çy, n. the office or commission of a lieutenant ; the body of lieutenants. Lieu-ton'ant-ship,... | |
 | John Boag - English language - 1848 - 744 pages
...The office or commission of a lieutenant. The body of lieutenanu. LiEi'TENANT, lèVteVant, [Fr] n. An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence. In military a/ain, the second commissioned officer ii LÎEUTENANTSHIP 787 Fite, tír, Ш1, fit— me,... | |
 | John Craig (F.G.S.) - 1849 - 1148 pages
...office or commission of a lieutenant ; the body of lieutenants. LIEUTENANT, lev-ten'ant, ». (French.) An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence. In Military affairs, the second commissioned officer in a company of infantry, cavalry, or artillery.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 490 pages
...This word is composed of two French wordj, /ieu, place, and tenant, holding and it generally mean* an officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence. The word has been adopted into the English language, and, according to Webster, it mny be pronounced... | |
 | John Williams (of Lancaster, O.) - English language - 1860 - 410 pages
...GENERALISSIMO, or COMMANDEK-INCHIEF, has the command of all the forces of a nation. A LIEUTENANT is an officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence ; as, a lieu.tenant-geiier&l ; a lieutenant-colonel. (Fr., lieu, a place; and tenant, holding ) An... | |
 | English language - English language - 1873 - 778 pages
...of a lieutenant; — the body of lieu to nan te, Lieutenant, (lef-teu'ant) n. [F. litu and t tuant.} An officer, who supplies the place of a superior in his absence ; — a commissioned officer in the army next below a captain ;— in the navy, next below commander.... | |
 | Rufus William Bailey - English language - 1876 - 330 pages
...confinement. ENTERTAIN', to receive with hospitality; to cherish. iLIEUTEN'ANT, (Fr. lieu, place), an officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence. MAINTAIN', (282), to uphold. OBTAIN, to gain ; to get. PERTAIN', to belong to. PER'TINENT, applicable.... | |
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LIEUTEN'ANT, an officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence. 
