adjutant

American  

[aj-uh-tuhnt] / ˈædʒ ə tənt /

noun

1. Military. a staff officer who assists the commanding officer in issuing orders.

2. British Military. an executive officer.

3. an assistant.

4. adjutant stork.

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adjutant British  

/ ˈædʒətənt /

noun

1. Abbreviation: adjt.   adj.  an officer who acts as administrative assistant to a superior officer

2. short for adjutant bird

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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

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

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2023

Gen. Matthew Beevers, the Guard’s acting adjutant general.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2023

“I’ll look up their adjutant to do your papers and it will all go much faster.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway