Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lord-lieutenant

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: lord-lieu-tenant
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An official appointed to a ceremonial county by the reigning British monarch to be responsible for the organisation of all official Royal visits to their county.

British usage

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Lord-Lieutenants (plural)

Questions

What does lord-lieutenant mean?: An official appointed to a ceremonial county by the reigning British monarch to be responsible for the organisation of all official Royal visits to their county.

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