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An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.

f the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.

le servant; also, a vassal; a subject. Like master, like man. Old Proverb. The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor. Blackstone.

a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant). Spelman.

A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services. Burrill. Manor house, or Manor seat, the house belonging to a manor.

In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters.

captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.

olds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord. Mesne process, intermediate process; process intervening between the beginning and end of a suit, sometimes understood to be t…

A quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithful service.

s in this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant.

wir"); pl. Molly Maguires (-gwirz). (a) A member of a secret association formed among the tenantry in Ireland about 1843, principally for the purpose of intimidating law officers and preventing the service of legal writs. Its members disguised themselves in the dress of women. (b) A member of a similar association of I…

r place of business. Moving day, a day when one moves; esp., a day when a large number of tenants change their dwelling place.

A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place.

te of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.

bted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his father; he owed his victoty to his lieutenants. Milton. O deem thy fall not owed to man's decree. Pope.

ts something of the subject of a sentence. -- Part owner (Law), one of several owners or tenants in common. See Joint tenant, under Joint. -- Part singing, singing in which two or more of the harmonic parts are taken. -- Part song, a song in two or more (commonly four) distinct vocal parts. "A part song differs from…

Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant. Blackstone.

An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. See Bote.

tation; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel. "It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, . . . or to get him posted." De Quincey.