adjutancy
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of adjutancy
First recorded in 1765–75; adjut(ant) + -ancy
Example Sentences
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I thought that when we got home I might get the adjutancy of a militia regiment, and that we might have been married.
From Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales by Haggard, Henry Rider
No, I did not think of applying for the post myself; a twelve months' adjutancy to a dyspeptic Colonel had long cured me of the desire to bottle-wash for anyone again, however lavish the remuneration.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Why not wait for another adjutancy, leave her in the flat, he could come up so often.
From The Oyster by Peer
Captain Lowndes, the adjutant, who had been home after his severe wound at Talana, now rejoined the regiment, and took over the adjutancy from Captain Fetherstonhaugh.
From The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland by Romer, Cecil Francis
In 1809 he succeeded to a lieutenancy; and resigned the adjutancy to command a small detachment in the field.
From Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. by Curzon, Sarah Anne
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