adjutant general

American  

noun

PLURAL

adjutants general

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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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

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

Gen. Thomas Carden Jr., Georgia’s adjutant general, underscored those eyewitness accounts as he spoke about Story’s heroism on Monday.

From Seattle Times

Gen. Torrence Saxe, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, not only approved the medals for the men, he personally handed them out at the ceremony held with a driving snow outside.

From Seattle Times

Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, said in a statement.

From Washington Times