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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.


adjutant

/ ˈæəəԳ /

noun

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

  • ˈܳٲԳ, noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adjutant1

1590–1600; < Latin ūٲԳ- (stem of ūԲ, present participle of ū to help, assist), equivalent to ad- ad- + ū- (variant stem of ܱ to help) + -t- frequentative suffix + -ant- -ant
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adjutant1

C17: from Latin ū to aid
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Janson D. Boyles, the adjutant general of Mississippi, said the accident is under investigation and did not offer additional details.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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