Home › Words › L › lieutenantesslieutenantesslieutenantess means A female lieutenant.EtymologyFrom lieutenant + -ess.nounA female lieutenant.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.officeress 68% match — A female officer. vs lieutenantess →sergeantess 67% match — A female sergeant. vs lieutenantess →commanderess 63% match — A female commander. vs lieutenantess →pilotess 62% match — A female pilot. vs lieutenantess →liegewoman 61% match — A female liege (subject of a sovereign or lord). vs lieutenantess →lairdess 61% match — A female laird. vs lieutenantess →superintendentess 60% match — a female superintendent. vs lieutenantess →majoress 60% match — The wife of a major. vs lieutenantess →