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lieutenant

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lieutenant
1. a military officer holding commissioned rank immediately junior to a captain
2. a naval officer holding commissioned rank immediately junior to a lieutenant commander


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"I think, sir, that the operation is nearing its completion," replied Lieutenant Bronsfield.
The next morning, when in the presence of the whole brigade Private Greene was shot to death by a squad of his comrades, Lieutenant Dudley turned his back upon the sorry performance and muttered a prayer for mercy, in which himself was included.
The senseless hatred of the lieutenant grew at last into a form of mania.
 
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