adjutant

[ aj-uh-tuhnt ]

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.

adjutant

/ ˈædʒətənt /

noun

1. an officer who acts as administrative assistant to a superior officer Abbreviationadjtadj
2. short for adjutant bird

Derived Forms

• ˈadjutancy, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of adjutant¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of adjutant¹

C17: from Latin adjūtāre to aid

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

She spent 30 years working up the ranks in the Pasadena Police Department, where she became the department’s first Black female sergeant, lieutenant and adjutant to the chief of police, according to her campaign website.

From Los Angeles 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

After graduating from Washington and Lee University, he served as assistant adjutant of the 1st Marine Division in Korea.

From Seattle Times

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

From Seattle Times