adjutant

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Pronunciation

• enPR: ă-j'ə-tənt IPA: /ˈæ.dʒə.tənt/

Noun

adjutant (plural adjutants)

1. (military rank) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
2. An assistant.
3. (zoology) Any bird of the genus Leptoptilos, a branch of the stork family (Ciconiidae) native to India and Southeast Asia.
   • 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:

     Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Plotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

Synonyms

• (bird) adjutant bird

Translations

• French: adjudant
• German: Adjutant
• Russian: адъюта́нт
• Spanish: ayudante

Translations

• German: Assistent
• Russian: помо́щник

Adjective

adjutant (not comparable)

1. Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer.

   adjutant officer

Synonyms

• adj.
• adjt.

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