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adjutant

ad·ju·tant

UK/ˈæ.d͡ʒə.tənt/ US/ˈædʒʌtʌnt/ uncommon

noun

1.

an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

Synonyms
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Origin

Probably in part from Spanish ayudante and in part from Portuguese ajudante (“assistant, helper, aide”), nominal uses of present participial adjectives from respectively ayudar and ajudar, from Latin adiūtō (“to help, assist”), with remodeling after its present participle adiūtāns (acc. adiūtantem). The stork's name is derived from the military sense, owing to its marchlike stiff gait when on ground.

Phrases

  • adjutant bird
  • adjutant general
  • adjutant stork
  • greater adjutant
  • lesser adjutant

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