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adjutant (iou)



adjutant noun & adjective. E17.
[Latin adjutant- pres. ppl stem of adjutare frequentative of adjuvare: see ADJUVANT, -ANT1.]
A. noun.
An assistant, a helper. Now rare in gen. sense. E17.
Military. An officer who assists superior officers by communicating orders, conducting correspondence, etc. E17.
Adjutant-General: a high-ranking Army administrative officer.
Either of two large black and white storks of the genus Leptoptilos, L. dubius (in full greater adjutant), and L. javanicus (in full lesser adjutant), native to India and SE Asia. Also adjutant bird, adjutant stork. L18.
b. adjective. Helping. rare. L17.
adjutancy noun the rank or office of an adjutant M18.