Lord Lieutenant
Americannoun
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British. the title of various high officials holding authority deputed from a sovereign.
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(formerly) the viceroy in Ireland.
noun
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(in Britain) the representative of the Crown in a county
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(formerly) the British viceroy in Ireland
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Origin of Lord Lieutenant
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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"It's pivotal that Derry was a part of that story," Lord Lieutenant Ian Crowe said.
From BBC • May 7, 2025
The statue, was the idea of the Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, Dr Sarah Furness.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2023
A procession moved from the Mercury Theatre to the Town Hall where the documents were presented by His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Essex Jennifer Tolhurst.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2022
"He's had letters from Boris Johnson, the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire," Mrs Hall said, who added her son was also shortlisted for a Pride of Britain award.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2021
Lord Meadshire, a kinsman of the Squire's, had been Lord Lieutenant of the county, and the leading light in it, for very many years.
From The Honour of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald
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