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

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

From Sir John French An Authentic Biography by Chisholm, Cecil

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

From Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales by Haggard, Henry Rider

At Mount Vernon George must have heard much of fighting as a lad, and when the ill health of Lawrence compelled resignation of command of the district militia, the younger brother succeeded to the adjutancy.

From The True George Washington [10th Ed.] by Ford, Paul Leicester

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

From The Red Book of Heroes by Mills, Arthur Wallis

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