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Webster 1913 Edition

Adjutant

Ad′ju-tant

,
Noun.
[L.
adjutans
, p. pr. of
adjutare
to help. See
Aid
.]
1.
A helper; an assistant.
2.
(Mil.)
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
(a)
(Mil.)
,
the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S. army he is brigadier general.
(b)
(Among the Jesuits)
,
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.
(Zool.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adjutant

AD'JUTANT

,
Noun.
[L. adjutans, aiding; from adjuto, to assist; of ad and juvo, jutum, to help.]
In military affairs, an officer whose business is to assist the Major by receiving and communicating order. Each battalion of foot, and each regiment of horse has an adjutant, who receives orders from the adjutant, who receives orders from the Brigade Major, to communicate to the Colonel, and to subalterns. He places guards, receives and distributes ammunition, assigns places of rendezvous, &c.
Adjutant-General, in an army, is the chief adjutant.
Adjutants General, among the Jesuits, were 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. Their business was to correspond with that province, by their delegates, emissaries or visitors, and give information of occurrences to the father general.

Definition 2024

Adjutant

Adjutant

See also: adjutant

German

Noun

Adjutant m ‎(genitive Adjutanten, plural Adjutanten)

  1. (military) adjutant

Declension

adjutant

adjutant

See also: Adjutant

English

Wikispecies

A lesser adjutant bird.

Noun

adjutant ‎(plural adjutants)

  1. (military) 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

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

adjutant ‎(not comparable)

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

Synonyms

See also

French

Noun

adjutant m ‎(plural adjutants)

  1. (military) warrant officer class 1, warrant officer

Swedish

Noun

adjutant c

  1. (military) an adjutant

Declension

Inflection of adjutant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative adjutant adjutanten adjutanter adjutanterna
Genitive adjutants adjutantens adjutanters adjutanternas

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ant

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