adjutancy

[ aj-uh-tuhn-see ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural ad·ju·tan·cies.

the office or rank of an adjutant:
His adjutancy allows him certain privileges.

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

He is just succeeding in obtaining what is called an 'adjutancy,' which, with the half pay, will put an end to many anxieties.

He was appointed to an ensigncy and adjutancy, and came to Canada.

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

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

I thought that when we got home I might get the adjutancy of a militia regiment, and that we might have been married.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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