adjutant general

American  

noun

adjutants general plural

1. U.S. Army.

   1. the Adjutant General, the chief administrative officer of the Army.

   2. an adjutant of a unit having a general staff, usually an officer of the Adjutant General's Corps.

2. a high, often the highest, officer of the National Guard of a state or territory.

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adjutant general British  

noun

1. army

   1. a member of the Army Board responsible for personnel and administrative functions

   2. a general's executive officer

2. army the adjutant of a military unit with general staff

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• adjutants general
  plural

Example Sentences

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

The adjutant general wrote to Tom’s captain, saying that Tom had “proved an excellent officer” and that he would “regret to see him quit the service.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann