adjutancy

American  

[aj-uh-tuhn-see] / ˈædʒ ə tən si /

noun

plural

adjutancies

1. the office or rank of an adjutant.

   His adjutancy allows him certain privileges.

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Etymology

Origin of adjutancy

First recorded in 1765–75; adjut(ant) + -ancy

Example Sentences

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

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

He compared G�ntz's statement with the notes he had taken of his conversations with Falkenhein, during the short period of his adjutancy.

From Jena or Sedan? by Beyerlein, Franz

However, very soon the new governor-general gave him the adjutancy of his own regiment, then at Agra, and things grew brighter.

From The Red Book of Heroes by Mills, Arthur Wallis

A few months after his marriage he accepted an adjutancy in the Northumberland Yeomanry.

From Sir John French An Authentic Biography by Chisholm, Cecil