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Adjutant

Adjutant Meaning & Definition
Adjutant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adjutant?

[n] large Indian stork with a military gait
[n] an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

Synonyms | Synonyms for Adjutant: adjutant bird | adjutant stork | aide | aide-de-camp | Leptoptilus dubius

Related Terms | Find terms related to Adjutant: acolyte | agent | aid | aide | aide-de-camp | aider | assistant | attendant | auxiliary | best man | coadjutant | coadjutor | coadjutress | coadjutrix | deputy | executive officer | help | helper | helpmate | helpmeet | lieutenant | paranymph | paraprofessional | second | servant | sideman | supporting actor | supporting instrumentalist

See Also | adjutant general | genus Leptoptilus | Leptoptilus | military officer | officer | stork

Adjutant In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad"ju*tant\, n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to help. See {Aid}.] 1. A helper; an assistant. 2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. {Adjutant general} (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S. army he is brigadier general. (b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A species of very large stork ({Ciconia argala}), a native of India; -- called also the {gigantic crane}, and by the native name {argala}. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.

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