adjutancy

[ aj-uh-tuhn-see ]

noun

, plural ad·ju·tan·cies.

1. the office or rank of an adjutant:

   His adjutancy allows him certain privileges.

Word History and Origins

Origin of adjutancy¹

First recorded in 1765–75; adjut(ant) + -ancy

Example Sentences

He is just succeeding in obtaining what is called an 'adjutancy,' which, with the half pay, will put an end to many anxieties.

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He was appointed to an ensigncy and adjutancy, and came to Canada.

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A few months after his marriage he accepted an adjutancy in the Northumberland Yeomanry.

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However, very soon the new governor-general gave him the adjutancy of his own regiment, then at Agra, and things grew brighter.

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I thought that when we got home I might get the adjutancy of a militia regiment, and that we might have been married.

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