Place residents with officers (11)

I believe the answer is:

lieutenants

'officers' is the definition.
(lieutenant is a kind of officer)

'place residents' is the wordplay.
'place' becomes 'lieu' (as in the phrase 'in lieu of').
'residents' becomes 'tenants' (residents of rented property).
'lieu'+'tenants'='LIEUTENANTS'

'with' acts as a link.

(Another definition for lieutenants that I've seen is " Army officers".)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.

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