单词 | town adjutant |
释义 | > as lemmastown adjutant town adjutant n. Military (now historical) (in a garrison town or fortress) an officer who acts as an aide to the town major (Town Major n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > subordinate garrison officers fort-major1715 town adjutant1727 fort-adjutant1876 1727 A. Boyer Polit. State Great Brit. Aug. 174 William Waynes, Gent. Town Adjutant, William Cooper, Surgeon; and Jonahan Hall, Clerk, Chaplain to the said Town and Garrison of Berwick upon Tweed. 1801 Brit. Mil. Libr. II. (at cited word) The Town-Adjutant is an assistant to the Town-Major. 2002 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 26 Mar. The King's Chapel is packed with colonial memorials to British town adjutants, deputy commissioner generals and assistant barrackmasters. < as lemmas |
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