adjutant (redirected from adjutancies)

ad·ju·tant  (j-tnt)

n.

1. Abbr. Adj. or Adjt. A staff officer who helps a commanding officer with administrative affairs.

2. An assistant.

3. See marabou.

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[From Latin aditns, aditant-, present participle of aditre, to help; see aid.]

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adju·tan·cy n.

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adjutant [aj-oo-tant]

Noun

an officer in an army who acts as administrative assistant to a superior [Latin adjutare to aid]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	adjutant - an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer aide, aide-de-camp armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" adjutant general - a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer military officer, officer - any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"
	2.	adjutant - large Indian stork with a military gait adjutant bird, adjutant stork, Leptoptilus dubius stork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage genus Leptoptilus, Leptoptilus - adjutant birds and marabous

Translations

adjutant [ˈædʒətənt] n → ayudante m

adjutant [ˈædʒətənt] n → adjudant m

adjutant [ˈædʒətənt] n → Adjutant m

adjutant [ˈædʒətənt] n → aiutante m