[DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about RANKS & TITLES - StudyStack [PAR] THIS MILITARY RANK COMES FROM A FRENCH PHRASE FOR "PLACE 
HOLDING", LIEUTENANT. THE MILITARY MEN WHO TOOK OVER GREECE IN 
1967... [DOC] [TLE] Lieutenant | Define Lieutenant at Dictionary.com [PAR] U.S. Navy. a commissioned officer ranking between lieutenant junior grade and 
... 1325-75; Middle English < Middle French, noun use of adj. phrase lieu tenant 
place-holding. ... Wait till the first lieutenant comes back, sir, and ask him. [DOC] [TLE] lieutenant - WordReference.com Dictionary of English [PAR] Militarya rank in the armed forces above a sergeant and below a captain. ... 
Middle French, noun, nominal use of adjective, adjectival phrase lieu tenant 
place-holding. ... Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, literally: place-
holding [DOC] [TLE] Re: Pronunciation of 'Lieutenant' - LINGUIST List Home Page [PAR] It is also true of the Royal Air Force, the rank next above Flying Officer and next 
below a Squadron Leader is Flight Lieutenant, which Ive always ... However, the 
word in French is lieu 'place' + tenant 'holding'. The lieutenant is then the "place 
holding" person for the captain. ... But the "f" didnt just come out of whole cloth. [DOC] [TLE] Lieutenant - definition of lieutenant by The Free Dictionary [PAR] A commissioned rank in the US Navy or Coast Guard that is above lieutenant 
junior ... English < Middle French, n. use of adj. phrase lieu tenant place-holding]. [DOC] [TLE] Lieut (commissioned military officer) - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus [PAR] (the title of) an officer of middle rank in the armed forces (12 of 18 words, 1 usage 
example, pronunciations) ... Origin: from Old French, literally: place-holding. [DOC] [TLE] lieutenant | Definition, meaning & more | Collins Dictionary [PAR] lieutenant | a military officer holding commissioned rank immediately junior to a ... 
Word origin of 'lieutenant'. C14: from Old French, literally: place-holding... [DOC] [TLE] French to English Phrases: A Military Perspective  Boot Camp ... [PAR] Apr 7, 2016 ... Lieutenant from Old French, literally (meaning place-holding), 14th Century. ... 
Majeure, Major (relating to size, not the military rank), Superior. ... as a truncation 
of 'coup d'tat' and comes from the French word coup, meaning... [DOC] [TLE] Why does a Lieutenant General outrank a Major General, but a ... [PAR] Oct 8, 2014 ... Major actually comes from Sergeant-major general, but the sarge portion got 
dropped. ... Note that in the French army, the rank which corresponds to the 
British or US ..... So the word lieutenant literally means "place-holding". [DOC] [TLE] Military Ranks: Why the difficult spelling? [Archive] - Straight ... [PAR] Why are military ranks so hard to spell? Sergeant - ? Ensign - ... The spelling of 
most of them comes from the history of the language. "sergeant" is from the ... "
lieutenant" is from the French words for "place holding." It originally... [DOC] [TLE] MGT&GCC: Glossaries Search - mgtclass.org [PAR] U.S. Navy. a commissioned officer ranking between lieutenant junior grade and 
... English < Middle French, noun use of adj. phrase lieu tenant place-holding. [DOC] [TLE] Game Show NewsNet [PAR] Apr 6, 2006 ... After a sojourn in the red, Michael comes back to lead at the TV time out, ... this 
military rank comes from a French phrase for "place holding". [DOC] [TLE] Dictionary.com - Kamous.com [PAR] U.S. Navy. a commissioned officer ranking between lieutenant junior grade and 
... 1325-75; Middle English < Middle French, noun use of adj. phrase lieu tenant 
place-holding. ... Wait till the first lieutenant comes back, sir, and ask him. [DOC] [TLE] Unspelled Pronunciations - Topic [PAR] But that French word traces to Late Latin victualia "provisions" (Latin victus ... 
Hmm, interesting that the existing word spelled the old way - vital - should come 
to be

Question: This military rank comes from a French phrase for "place holding"
Answer: lieutenant