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Lieutenant (pronounce lef-tenʹ-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.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.