lieutenants
USloo-TEN-uhnts/l(j)uˈtɛnənts/UK · AUSlef-TEN-uhnts/lɛfˈtɛnənts/
- 1Plural of lieutenant.
Three lieutenants were promoted to captain at the end of the year.
The destroyer carried a dozen lieutenants and more than two hundred sailors.
Note
In compound titles the plural -s goes on the word that names the rank. So it is second lieutenants, but lieutenant commanders, where lieutenant only describes the commander; and the naval lieutenant junior grade becomes lieutenants junior grade, with the -s tucked inside. The possessive plural is lieutenants', as in the lieutenants' quarters.
lieutenants is a form of lieutenant
lieutenant, noun: A commissioned officer of junior rank in an army, air force, or marine corps, ranking below a captain. Full entry
- Forms
- lieutenantlieutenants plural
- Spelling
- lieutenant → lieutenants: add -s
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