adjutant

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English

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A lesser adjutant bird.

Etymology

From Latin adiūtō, frequentative of adiuvō (“assist”). First attested in 17th century. Or from Latin adiuvāns, present participle of adiuvō, from iuvō (“help”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ă-j'ə-tənt IPA(key): /ˈæ.d͡ʒə.tənt/

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

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French

Noun

adjutant m (plural adjutants, feminine adjutante)

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

Polish

Noun

adjutant m pers

  1. Pre-1936 spelling of adiutant.

Declension

Declension of adjutant
singular plural
nominative adjutant adjutanci/adjutanty (deprecative)
genitive adjutanta adjutantów
dative adjutantowi adjutantom
accusative adjutanta adjutantów
instrumental adjutantem adjutantami
locative adjutancie adjutantach
vocative adjutancie adjutanci

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French adjudant.

Noun

adjutant m (plural adjutanți)

  1. adjutant

Declension

Declension of adjutant
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) adjutant adjutantul (niște) adjutanți adjutanții
genitive/dative (unui) adjutant adjutantului (unor) adjutanți adjutanților
vocative adjutantule adjutanților

Swedish

Noun

adjutant c

  1. (military) an adjutant

Declension

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