adjutant
Americannoun
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Military. a staff officer who assists the commanding officer in issuing orders.
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British Military. an executive officer.
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an assistant.
noun
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Abbreviation: adjt. adj. an officer who acts as administrative assistant to a superior officer
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short for adjutant bird
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
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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. Torrence Saxe, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, not only approved the medals for the men, he personally handed them out at the ceremony held with a driving snow outside.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2023
Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the adjutant general of Virginia, said in a statement.
From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2023
Baldwin, who has led the Guard since 2011 as its adjutant general and reports to Newsom, did not respond to an interview request.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2022
The adjutant stared at me through the half-opened door.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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