Lieutenant

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.

II. Lieutenant ·noun A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.

III. Lieutenant ·noun A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.

IV. Lieutenant ·noun An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty.