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

Inflected Forms

noun

• adjutants general
  plural

Example Sentences

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. Kenneth Hara, the adjutant general in Hawaii, tweeted about a balloon over Kauai a year ago.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2023

Magram attained the rank of assistant adjutant general and had been part of Baldwin’s inner circle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2023

Gen. Dave Baldwin, the state’s senior officer, known as the adjutant general, has been friends with top Ukrainian military leaders for a decade, officials said.

From Washington Times • Apr. 22, 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