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单词 adjutant
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adjutant

(ædʒʊtənt)
Word forms: plural adjutants
countable noun
An adjutant is an officer in the army who deals with administrative work.

adjutant in British English

(ˈædʒətənt)
noun
1. 
an officer who acts as administrative assistant to a superior officer
Abbreviation: adjt, adj
2.  short for adjutant bird
Derived forms
adjutancy (ˈadjutancy)
noun
Word origin
C17: from Latin adjūtāre to aid

adjutant in American English

(ˈædʒətənt)
noun
1. 
an assistant
2.  Military
a staff officer who serves as an administrative assistant to the commanding officer
3. 
a. 
a very large stork (Leptoptilos dubius) about 1.5 m (5 ft) tall, of India and SE Asia, with a bare head and neck and a large, thick bill
b. 
a similar but smaller stork (L. javanicus) found in the same countries
: also called lesser adjutant
see also marabou
Word origin
< L adjutans, prp. of adjutare: see aid; (sense 3) from its manner of walking, thought of as resembling a military strut

Examples of 'adjutant' in a sentence
adjutant

He went to the flight captain who told him they were just testing the plane under orders from Hitler's adjutant.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
At 12.44 Stauffenberg, with his adjutant, drove up to the first barrier.
Townsend, Eileen IN LOVE AND WAR (2002)
Gawn had been assigned as his adjutant on his return to the Citadel.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2002)
He got hitched up with Squill's detail a few years back, became his de facto adjutant.
Jack Kerley THE HUNDREDTH MAN (2002)
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