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lieutenantry en · NOUN

Etymology

From lieutenant + -ry.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) lieutenancy
    • You say true; 'tis so, indeed: if such tricks as these strip you out of your lieutenantry c. 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 Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]: