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Lieutenant governor   /lutˈɛnənt gˈəvərnər/   Listen
noun
Lieutenant  n.  
1.
An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty. "The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or lieutenant of God."
2.
(a)
A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.
(b)
A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.
(c)
A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander. Note: Lieutenant is often used, either adjectively or in hyphened compounds, to denote an officer, in rank next below another, especially when the duties of the higher officer may devolve upon the lower one; as, lieutenant general, or lieutenant-general; lieutenant colonel, or lieutenant-colonel; lieutenant governor, etc.
Deputy lieutenant, the title of any one of the deputies or assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county. (Eng.)
Lieutenant colonel, an army officer next in rank above major, and below colonel.
Lieutenant commander, an officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a commander and next above a lieutenant.
Lieutenant general. See in Vocabulary.
Lieutenant governor.
(a)
An officer of a State, being next in rank to the governor, and in case of the death or resignation of the latter, himself acting as governor. (U. S.)
(b)
A deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of one of several colonies under a governor general. (Eng.)





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"Lieutenant governor" Quotes from Famous Books



... re-arrange my plans. I find it necessary to run up the river for a couple of weeks. In the meantime, thinking that possibly you might like to see something of our country, I have arranged that you should join the party of the Lieutenant Governor on their trip to the interior, and which will take only about four weeks' time. The party are going to visit the most interesting districts of our country, including both the famous mining district of Cariboo and the beautiful valley of the Okanagan. ...
— The Man From Glengarry - A Tale Of The Ottawa • Ralph Connor
... was the lieutenant governor of Canada, with headquarters at Detroit. It was his task to let loose the redskins that they might burn the cabins of the settlers on the border, and kill their women and children, or carry them into captivity. The British commander supplied the savages with ...
— Hero Stories from American History - For Elementary Schools • Albert F. Blaisdell
... of our stay in Burma was reached when Lord Chelmsford, the viceroy of India, visited Rangoon, and the lieutenant governor invited us to an afternoon-tea in his honor. The pandal, or reception pavilion, erected at the dock where the viceroy landed and where he was received with a salute of thirty-one guns, had been filled that morning by the elite of Burman ...
— A Tour of the Missions - Observations and Conclusions • Augustus Hopkins Strong


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