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Definition of Adjutant

Adjutant
Adjutant 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

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- Look up adjutant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Adjutant is a military appointment given to an officer who ****ists the commanding officer with unit...
- An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer. In Revolutionary France, the adjudant-général was a senior staff officer, effectively an...
- The lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Like other members of its genus, it has a bare neck...
- The greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius) is a member of the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its genus includes the lesser adjutant of Asia and the marabou...
- state in the United States has a senior military officer, as the state adjutant general, who is the de facto commander of a state's military forces, including...
- The Adjutant General of Oklahoma is the highest-ranking military official in the state of Oklahoma, subordinate only to the Governor of Oklahoma. The highest...
- The Adjutant-General to the Forces, commonly just referred to as the Adjutant-General (AG), was for just over 250 years one of the most senior officers...
- The Israeli Adjutant Corps is a support corps in the IDF Human Resources Directorate. Its current commander is Tat aluf (Brigadier general) Edna Ilya....
- The Adjutant General's Corps, formerly the Adjutant General's Department, is a branch of the United States Army first established in 1775. This branch...
- typically the foremost personal aide. This is not to be confused with an adjutant, who is the senior administrator of a military unit. The badge of office...