LIEUTENANCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lieutenancy mean? 

• LIEUTENANCY (noun)
  The noun LIEUTENANCY has 1 sense:

1. the position of a lieutenant

  Familiarity information: LIEUTENANCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIEUTENANCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The position of a lieutenant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lieutenancy" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Derivation:

lieutenant (an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent)

lieutenant (an officer in a police force)

lieutenant (a commissioned military officer)

lieutenant (an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade)