Definition of Adjutent
Adjutant, a gigantic Indian stork with an enormous beak, about 5 ft.
in height, which feeds on carrion and offal, and is useful in this way,
as storks are.
- Wikipedia
Ad"ju*tant (&?;), n. [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. (Zoöl.) 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Military) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs
- An assistant.
- A member of the Leptoptilos genus of African storks, also known as marabou.
- The noun used as a modifier (e.g. adjutant officer).
See also
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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