Lieutenant
Lieutenant noun - A person who helps a more skilled person.
Troops and lieutenant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Troops" instead a noun "Lieutenant".
Nearby Word: lieutenancy
Troops
Troops noun - Soldiers collectively.
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Synonyms for Troops
Lieutenant and troops are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lieutenant" instead a noun "Troops".
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- For such officers, winning the hearts of their troops is usually less important than surviving the first few battles, and the odds aren't in the young lieutenant's favor.
Source: Ensign Newbie - He got wind of a prophecy that the True Seeker would be born in a certain town, so he had his troops, led by his most trusted lieutenant, to kill all the first born sons in the town.
Source: Genocide Backfire -
As the battle actually happens, Navy Lieutenant Ito does it more openly by having troops make a (clearly futile) attack instead of continuing to fight from the caves at Kuribayashi's orders.
Source: Film / Letters from Iwo Jima
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