Lord Lieutenant

American  

noun

1. British. the title of various high officials holding authority deputed from a sovereign.

2. (formerly) the viceroy in Ireland.

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Lord Lieutenant British  

noun

1. (in Britain) the representative of the Crown in a county

2. (formerly) the British viceroy in Ireland

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Other Word Forms

• Lord Lieutenancy noun

Etymology

Origin of Lord Lieutenant

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

"I informed him that the ex-Royal Navy Veterans were not aware of him and I asked for his name. He said 'he must go' and that he was invited by the Lord Lieutenant's office."

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Normally those events are covered by the Lord Lieutenant, but he came bounding out larger than life.

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The authority said the three poles at the front of the building would fly the union flag, the county council's own flag and the St George's flag, or the Lord Lieutenant's flag - in line with the previous protocol.

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The St George's flag would fly from the third pole, unless it was replaced with the Lord Lieutenant's flag when they were in the building.

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The St George's flag would fly from the third pole, he said, unless it was replaced with the county Lord Lieutenant's flag when they were in the building.

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