Definition of Adjutant

1. Noun. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.

Exact synonyms: Aide, Aide-de-camp
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Specialized synonyms: Adjutant General
Generic synonyms: Military Officer, Officer

2. Noun. Large Indian stork with a military gait.
Exact synonyms: Adjutant Bird, Adjutant Stork, Leptoptilus Dubius
Generic synonyms: Stork
Group relationships: Genus Leptoptilus, Leptoptilus

Definition of Adjutant

1. n. A helper; an assistant.

Definition of Adjutant

1. an assistant [n -S] - See also: assistant

Medical Definition of Adjutant

1. 1. A helper; an assistant. 2. A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. Adjutant general, one of a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care. 3. A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits. Origin: L. Adjutans, p. Pr. Of adjutare to help. See Aid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adjutant

adjustive
adjustment
adjustment
adjustmental
adjustments
adjustment disorders
adjustor
adjustors
adjusts
adjutage
adjutages
adjutancies
adjutancy
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adjutant (current term)
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adjutants
adjutant bird
adjutant general
adjutant stork
adjutrix
adjuvant
adjuvant
adjuvants
adjuvant analgesic
adjuvant chemotherapy
adjuvant therapy
adjuvant vaccine
ADL
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