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Leifteanant
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Is grád é leifteanant sna fórsaí armtha. Tá an focal bunaithe ar an leagan Fraincise lieutenant, agus is é is ciall don téarma seo, de réir na sanasaíochta, ná "ionadaí", duine atá ag déanamh ghnó duine eile (locum tenens as Laidin). Mar sin, is oifigeach é an leifteanant atá ag déanamh ionadaíochta don duine os a chionn, don chaptaen go bunúsach. Cosúil leis sin, úsáidtear leifteanantghinearál, "ionadaí an ghinearáil" le tagairt a dhéanamh don oifigeach atá beagáinín níos ísle céim ná an ginearál.
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