ADJUTANT

adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp

(noun) an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

adjutant (plural adjutants)

(military rank) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.

An assistant.

(zoology) Any bird of the genus Leptoptilos, a branch of the stork family (Ciconiidae) native to India and Southeast Asia.

Synonyms

• (bird): adjutant bird

Hyponyms

• greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius); lesser adjutant (L. javanicus); marabou (L. crumeniferus)

Adjective

adjutant (not comparable)

Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer.

Synonyms

• adj.

• adjt.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ad"ju*tant, n. Etym: [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to help. See Aid.]

1. A helper; an assistant.

2. (Mil.)

Definition: A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. Adjutant general (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S. army he is brigadier general. (b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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