adjutancy

American  

[aj-uh-tuhn-see] / ˈædʒ ə tən si /

noun

plural

adjutancies

1. the office or rank of an adjutant.

   His adjutancy allows him certain privileges.

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Etymology

Origin of adjutancy

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

Example Sentences

No, I did not think of applying for the post myself; a twelve months' adjutancy to a dyspeptic Colonel had long cured me of the desire to bottle-wash for anyone again, however lavish the remuneration.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

They've shelved me at the War Office; they talk about a home adjutancy.

From Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

Captain Lowndes, the adjutant, who had been home after his severe wound at Talana, now rejoined the regiment, and took over the adjutancy from Captain Fetherstonhaugh.

From The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland by Romer, Cecil Francis

In 1809 he succeeded to a lieutenancy; and resigned the adjutancy to command a small detachment in the field.

From Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. by Curzon, Sarah Anne

But he did not know that soon after Truscott's resignation the colonel had tendered the adjutancy to Ray, and that impolitic youth had promptly declined.

From Marion's Faith. by King, Charles