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Lieutenant

Definition: Lieutenant

Lieutenant

Noun

1. A commissioned military officer.

2. An officer in a police force.

3. An assistant with power to act when his superior is absent.

4. An officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "lieutenant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Lieutenant

DomainDefinition

Bible

Lieutenant (only in A.V. Esther 3:12; 8:9; 9:3; Ezra 8:36), a governor or viceroy of a Persian province having both military and civil power. Correctly rendered in the Revised Version "satrap." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Literature

Lieutenant (pronounce lef-ten'-unt) is the Latin locum-tenens, through the French. A Lieutenant-Colonel is the Colonel's deputy. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland is a viceroy who represents the crown in that country. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Public Administration

Junior Officer, category OF-1(1st class), UK Army. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Lieutenant

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A Lieutenant is a military or paramilitary officer. The word lieutenant derives from French; the lieu meaning "place" as in a position or territory; and tenant meaning "holding" as in "holding a position". The British monarch's representative in Ireland and in the counties of the United Kingdom was/is called the Lord Lieutenant. In French history, "lieutenant du roi" was a title borne by the officer sent with military powers to represent the king in certain provinces. It is in the sense of a deputy that it has entered into the names of more senior officers, Lieutenant General, Lieutenant Colonel, and Lieutenant Commander.

Pronunciation

The word is pronounced loo-tenant in American English and usually lef-tenant in British English although this is only correct with respect to the British Army. The Royal Navy traditionally pronounced the word as l'tenant which is a closer anglicised approximation of the original French. In Canada, lef-tenant is standard for all branches of the Armed Forces and for other usages such as lieutenant governor. The British pronunciation is prevalent during 14th and 15th centuries with the word being variously spelled as lieftenant, lyeftenant or luftenant It may have originated from a mistaken reading of the 'u' as a 'v'. Lev-tenant eventually becoming lef-tenant. It has also been speculated that it may have come from a fanciful etymology which associated it with the verb 'to leave', as the lieutenant only took up his duties once his superior officer had 'left'.

Duties and rankings

Originally, this was generally applied to what we today call just plain Lieutenant, who was taking the place of the Captain, who was the officer who actually raised the company of soldiers. The lieutenant's job was to lead the soldiers into battle so that the captain would not have to.

Most militaries have two types of Lieutenant:

Sometimes the rank of 3rd Lieutenant is used, typically as a cadet or temporary rank indicating that the holder is a commissioned officer in the chain of command -- barely.

Note that a naval Lieutenant is equivalent in rank to an army Captain, and a naval Lieutenant (junior grade) (US) or Sub-Lieutenant (UK) is equivalent in rank to an army 1st Lieutenant. See Comparative military ranks

See also Lord-Lieutenant, military rank

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lieutenant."

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Synonyms: Lieutenant

Synonyms: deputy (n), police lieutenant (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Lieutenant

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Deputy

Regent, viceregent, vizier, minister, vicar; premier; (director); chancellor, prefect, provost, warden, lieutenant, archon, consul, proconsul; viceroy; (governor); commissioner; Tsung-li Yamen, Wai Wu Pu; plenipotentiary, alter ego.

Jurisdiction

Judge; tribunal; municipality, corporation, bailiwick, shrievalty; lord lieutenant, sheriff, shire reeve, shrieve, constable; selectman; police, police force, the fuzz; constabulary, bumbledom, gendarmerie.

Master

Marshal, field marshal, marechal; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier, hetman; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon.

Admiral, admiralty; rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral; commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD; navarch.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Lieutenant

English words defined with "lieutenant": captain, Captain lieutenant, colonel, commander, commissionedDeputy lieutenantensignfield officer, field-grade officer, first lieutenant, Full buttJemidarlieutenancy, lieutenant commander, lieutenant JG, lieutenant junior grade, Lord lieutenantmajor, Major general, major-generalplatoonsailing master, Stadtholder, sublieutenant. (references)
Specialty definitions using "lieutenant": ArtegalBALLISTICS EXPERT, FORENSICCabinet Ministers, CassioElectronic Numerical Integrator and Computerfirearms expert, Flag Lieutenant, FossLefevreOrellanaPoyning's Law, President of the SenateStephen KleeneThe Blind, TRAFFIC SERGEANTZadkiel. (references)
Etymologies containing "lieutenant": Lieutenancy. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Lieutenant" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (first lieutenant, lieutenant).

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Modern Usage: Lieutenant

DomainUsage

Screenplays

No lieutenant, your men are already dead (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Lieutenant Dan, what are you doing here (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

Is there a lieutenant named McClane there (Die Hard: With a Vengeance; writing credit: Jonathan Hensleigh)

I don't know, Lieutenant, I guess it means good morning, Vietnam (Good Morning, Vietnam; writing credit: Mitch Markowitz)

You should know being his little eight legged lieutenant. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

Movie/TV Titles

The Lieutenant (1963)

Lieutenant Smith (1943)

Flight Lieutenant (1942)

The Flag Lieutenant (1933)

Lieutenant Daring RN and the Water Rats (1924)

Song Titles

Mouldy Old Dough (performing artist: Lieutenant Pigeon)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Lieutenant

DomainTitle

Books

  • Arco Police Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain Promotion Exams (Police Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain Promotion Exams, 2nd Ed) (reference)

  • Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC (reference)

  • Lieutenant Hornblower (reference)

  • Pan: From the Papers of Lieutenant Thomas Glahn (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) (reference)

  • The Education of Lieutenant Kerrey (reference)

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Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Lieutenant

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Photo Album: Lieutenant

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Helicopter transport for scientists during seal tagging operations A not pleased bearded seal pup - Erignathus barbatus - restrained for tagging. Lieutenant Commander Bill Turnbull on left, Budd Christman on right. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).

Lieutenant Roswell Bolstad measuring a horizontal angle On LYDONIA. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Lieutenant Cynthia McFee checking the distances to major cities Mileage indicator at the South Pole Lieutenant McFee was the third woman to winter over at the South Pole. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Lieutenant John Bortniak out for a stroll at the South Pole. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Lieutenant Bortniak at the controls. Already growing a nice set of whiskers. Exploring the wreck of a Hercules C-130 at the end of the runway. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Kevin Rotteveel and Lieutenant Commander Brian Taggart performing maintenance on the Gulfstream IV. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Lieutenant Michele Finn in Twin Otter. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

Figure 26. Sigsbee gravity driven plankton trap. Devised by Lieutenant Charles D. Sigsbee of the USN on the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship BLAKE in 1880. It was meant to collect live specimens of plankton between precisely specified depths. It was first tested on the Blake between 9 and 45 meters in 1880. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 3. Phipps and Franklin water bottle. First used by the Captain of the RACEHORSE, Constantine John Phipps in 1773, and then a similar bottle used by Lieutenant John Franklin on board the TRENT in 1818 on a voyage to Spitzbergen. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Lieutenant General Paul V. Hester and Mr Douglas Smith.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Lieutenant

AuthorQuotation

Lieutenant General Lewis B. Hershey

Any recruiter will tell you that the incentive for enlistment is that it [being drafted] is inevitable if you don't.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Lieutenant

TitleAuthorQuote

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

They were still in sight of Lieutenant Brown

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Lieutenant Theodule Gillenormand fulfilled all the conditions required for what is called a handsome officer

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Master Lieutenant, pray you, by your leave, How doth the Prince, and my young son of York

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Lieutenant

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Ghana

The agreement became inoperative, however, after the June 4 coup that brought Flight Lieutenant Rawlings and the AFRC to power for 4 months. (references)

Democratic Republic of Congo

Unrest and rebellion plagued the government until 1965, when Lieutenant General Mobutu, by then commander in chief of the national army, again seized control of the country and declared himself president for 5 years. (references)

Venezuela

Subsequently in February 1992, a group of army lieutenant colonels led by future President Hugo Chavez mounted an unsuccessful coup attempt, claiming that the events of 1989 showed that the political system no longer served the interests of the people. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

A police lieutenant colonel, captain, and lieutenant, as well as two DAS agents were suspended. (references)

Gambia

In January 2000, Lieutenant Sanneh was arrested and detained for plotting to overthrow the Government. (references)

Colombia

Prosecutors also arrested army Major Alvaro Cortes Murillo and army Lieutenant Colonel Alfonso Zapata Gaviria. (references)

Political Economy

Comoros

The Anjouan secession crisis subsided after the August 2000 signing of the "Fomboni Declaration of National Unity" by Azali and separatist leader Lieutenant Colonel Said Abeid. (references)

Sudan

The 1989 military coup that overthrew Sudan's democratically elected government brought to power Lieutenant General Omar Hassan Al-Bashir and his National Salvation Revolution Command Council (RCC). Bashir and the RCC suspended the 1985 Constitution, abrogated press freedom, and disbanded all political parties and trade unions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Lieutenant

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Bush

1989-1993A few days after the war began, I received a telegram from Joanne Speicher, the wife of the first pilot killed in the gulf, Lieutenant Commander Scott Speicher.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Lieutenant

"Lieutenant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.64% of the time. "Lieutenant" is used about 939 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)50.64%47512,481
Noun (proper)49.36%46412,682
                    Total100.00%939N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Lieutenant

Expressions using "lieutenant": Captain lieutenant Deputy lieutenant first lieutenant flag lieutenant flight lieutenant lieutenant colonel lieutenant commander lieutenant general lieutenant governor lieutenant JG lieutenant junior grade lieutenant of the gendarmerie lieutenant senior grade Lord lieutenant lord lieutenant of a county lord lieutenant of Ireland police lieutenant second lieutenant. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "lieutenant": Lieutenant-colonel, lieutenant-colonelcy, lieutenant-colonels, Lieutenant-commander, Lieutenant-general, lieutenant-generals, Lieutenant-governor, Lieutenant-governors, Lieutenant-governorship.

Ending with "lieutenant": Flight-lieutenant, Lord-lieutenant, second-lieutenant, sub-lieutenant, Vice-lord-lieutenant.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lieutenant

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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6

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3

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5

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5

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lieutenant commander

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Modern Translation: Lieutenant

Language Translations for "lieutenant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

zëvendës (deputy, first mate, locum tenens, substitute, vicar), teger. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ملازم (attendant, collateral, immanent, inherent, innate, inseparable). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

заместник (alternate, deputy, pinch hitter, proxy, replacement, secondary, stand by, stand in, sub, substitute, succedaneum, successor, surrogate, vice, vicegerent), лейтенант, поручик (first lieutenant), помощник (acolyte, adjunct, adjuvant, affiliate, aid, aide, ally, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutor, confederate, help, helper, mate, pander, second, secondary, subsidiary). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

陆军中尉 (lt), 陸軍中尉 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

poruèík. (various references)

   

Danish

  

løjtnant. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

luitenant. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

leŭtenanto. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

loytnantur, heryvirmaður. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

نایب (Deputy, Proctor), ناوبان , وکیل (Agent, Attorney, Deputy, Proxy), رسدبان . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

luutnantti. (various references)

   

French

  

lieutenant (first lieutenant). (various references)

   

German

  

oberleutnant (first lieutenant, flying officer), Leutnant (pilot officer, second lieutenant). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μεσάζων (intermediary, middleman), υποπλοίαρχοσ (commander, mate), υπολοχαγόσ (subaltern), υπολοχαγός. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

רב אלוף (general, lieutenant general), ס'ן אלוף (lieutenant colonel). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hadnagy (pilot officer, second lieutenant, shavetail). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

letnan. (various references)

   

Italian

  

luogotenente (gubernatorial), tenente, sostituto (acting, deputy, replacement, stand in, substitute, surrogate, vicarious), intermediario (broker, go between, intermediary, middleman). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

空佐 (colonel, major), 空尉 (captain), 空将 (general, major), 小尉 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

くうしょう (general, major), くうさ (colonel, major), くうい (captain, post in name only, vacant post), しょうい (ensign, injury, minor differences, second lieutenant, subcommittee, wound). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

중위 (lt). (various references)

   

Manx

  

aachaptan. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

løytnant. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ieutenantlay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

porucznik. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

tenente. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

locotenent. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

лейтенант (first lieutenant, looey). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zamenik (assistant, associate, deputy, fill in, locum tenens, nizam, stand in, standby, substitute, substitution, vicar), poručnik (first lieutenant), namesnik (deputy, satrap, vicar). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

teniente (alderman, deputy mayor), lugarteniente (deputy). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

löjtnant (flying officer, sublieutenant). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ผู้แทน, ร้อยโท. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yardımcı (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, aid, aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, Band aid, booster, coadjutor, collateral, contributory, cooperative, deputy, donkey, friend, help, helper, helpful, helpmate, helpmeet, henchman, obliging, second, sidekick, stand by, sub, subsidiary, suffragan, supporter, supporting, vice-), yüzbaşı (captain, lieutenant senior grade), vekil (administrator, alternate, assignee, attorney, commissary, commissioner, delegate, deputy, locum, locum tenens, minister, nominee, proxy, representative, stand in, substitute, supply, surrogate, vicar, vice, vice gerent), teğmen (second lieutenant, subaltern), sağ kol (henchman, right arm, right hand man), üsteğmen (first lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

заступник (advocate, alternate, deputy, nurser, patron, promoter, protector, surrogate), лейтенант. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người thay thế (alternate, commutator, locum, locum tenens, sub, substitute). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

is-gapten. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Lieutenant

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Old French900-1400

lieu tenant. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Lieutenant

Derivations

Words beginning with "lieutenant": lieutenants. (additional references)

Words ending with "lieutenant": sublieutenant. (additional references)

Words containing "lieutenant": sublieutenants. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Lieutenant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: leiutenant, leuitenant, leutenant, Lientenant, lietenant, lieuntenant, lieutennant. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Lieutenant"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "lieutenant" (pronounced luwte"nunt)
6-t e" n u n ttenant.
5-e" n u n tpennant.
4-n u n tabstinent, complainant, component, consonant, contaminant, continent, covenant, immanent, imminent, impertinent, determinant, dissonant, dominant, eminent, exponent, incontinent, indignant, malignant, opponent, permanent, pertinent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prominent, proponent, recombinant, remnant, repugnant, resonant, ruminant, semipermanent, stagnant, subcontinent.
3-u n tagent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complaisant, complement, compliant, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contentment, contestant, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immigrant, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, percipient, persistent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, pronouncement, propellant, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.

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Anagrams: Lieutenant

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-n-n-t-t-u"

-3 letters: alunite, annulet, entitle, lenient, lineate, lunette, uneaten.

-4 letters: annuli, attune, auntie, eluant, eluate, eluent, entail, innate, intent, lateen, latent, latten, lattin, lenten, linnet, litten, lunate, lutein, neaten, nettle, nutant, nutate, nutlet, talent, tauten, telnet, tenail, tenant, teniae, tentie, tenuti, tineal, tunnel, unnail.

-5 letters: alien, aline, anele, anent, anile, annul, atilt, eaten, elain, elate.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-n-n-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: lieutenants.

 

+2 letters: unventilated.

 

+3 letters: antepenultima, sublieutenant, unsentimental.

 

+4 letters: antepenultimas, intermenstrual, quintessential, sublieutenants, unintellectual, untenabilities.

 

+5 letters: antepenultimate, interlacustrine, monumentalities, nonintellectual, semitranslucent, supplementation, ultraconvenient.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Usage Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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