A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander.

A place or stead; See in lieu or in lieu of

(UK) A commissioned officer of the Royal Navy ranking above a midshipman and below a lieutenant.

(obsolete) A tendon. / (law) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.

(biblical, archaic) Alternative form of lain

(uncommon, possibly obsolete) The spleen.

A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign. / (in full liege lord) A king or lord. / The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.

The lowest rank of a commissioned army officer, below a lieutenant.

A commissioned officer in the British Army or Royal Marines or the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, or United States Air Force, ranked above a major general and below a general.