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nounlieutenantry (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountablelieutenancy
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]
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lieutenantry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lieutenantry
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