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adjutant

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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.

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

adju·tan·cy n.

adjutant [aj-oo-tant]
Noun
an officer in an army who acts as administrative assistant to a superior [Latin adjutare to aid]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.adjutantadjutant - an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
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.adjutantadjutant - large Indian stork with a military gait
stork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
genus Leptoptilus, Leptoptilus - adjutant birds and marabous
Translations
Spanish adjutant [ˈædʒətənt] nayudante m
French adjutant [ˈædʒətənt] nadjudant m
German adjutant [ˈædʒətənt] nAdjutant m
Italian adjutant [ˈædʒətənt] naiutante m

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The Adjutant half turned his head, sheered a little in the direction of the voice, and landed stiffly on the sand-bar below the bridge.
He was followed, however, by his adjutant and three troopers, who remained a little distance behind and, unseen by him, saw all that occurred.
He told me himself that all the Moscow ladies have conspired to give him all their sons as adjutants.
 
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