lieutenantry
English
Etymology
lieutenant + -ry
Noun
lieutenantry (uncountable)
- (obsolete) lieutenancy
- c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:
- You say true; 'tis so, indeed: if such tricks as
these strip you out of your lieutenantry
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References
lieutenantry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.