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lieutenantry

lieutenantry noun: lieutenancy.

Noun

lieutenantry (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) lieutenancy
    • You say true; 'tis so, indeed: if such tricks as
      these strip you out of your lieutenantryc. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Origin of lieutenantry

From lieutenant + -ry.

Questions about lieutenantry

What does lieutenantry mean?
Lieutenantry means lieutenancy.
What part of speech is lieutenantry?
Lieutenantry is a noun.

Words near lieutenantry in the dictionary

  1. lieutenant-governor
  2. lieutenant-governors
  3. lieutenantcy
  4. lieutenantess
  5. lieutenantesses
  6. lieutenantry
  7. lieutenants
  8. lieutenants colonel
  9. lieutenants general
  10. lieutenants junior grade
  11. lieutenantship

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