adjutant
Americannoun
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Military. a staff officer who assists the commanding officer in issuing orders.
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British Military. an executive officer.
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an assistant.
noun
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Abbreviation: adjt. adj. an officer who acts as administrative assistant to a superior officer
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short for adjutant bird
Other Word Forms
- adjutancy noun
Etymology
Origin of adjutant
1590–1600; < Latin adjūtant- (stem of adjūtāns, present participle of adjūtāre to help, assist), equivalent to ad- ad- + jū- (variant stem of juvāre to help) + -t- frequentative suffix + -ant- -ant
Example Sentences
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Janson D. Boyles, the adjutant general of Mississippi, said the accident is under investigation and did not offer additional details.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024
Gen. Thomas Suelzer was appointed by Abbott to oversee the Texas National Guard and Texas State Guard as the agency’s adjutant general.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2024
Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, said in a statement.
From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2023
Gen. Matthew Beevers, who is on Baldwin’s executive team, will succeed him as a deputy adjutant general and “the governor will consider appointing an adjutant general.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2022
Amazingly, I get praised by Isabelle, the thin little seventyish lady who seems to be Ellie’s adjutant: I am doing “wonderfully,” she tells me, and—even better—am “great to work with.”
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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