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单词 adjutant
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adjutant

enUS

ad·ju·tant

A0090200 (ăj′ə-tənt)n.1. Abbr. Adj. or Adjt. A staff officer who helps a commanding officer with administrative affairs.2. An assistant.3. Either of two large Asian storks (Leptoptilos dubius or L. javanicus) having a head and neck bare of feathers, black wings, and white underparts. Also called adjutant stork.
[From Latin adiūtāns, adiūtant-, present participle of adiūtāre, to help; see aid.]
ad′ju·tan·cy n.

adjutant

(ˈædʒətənt) n1. (Military) an officer who acts as administrative assistant to a superior officer. Abbreviation: adjt or adj 2. (Animals) short for adjutant bird[C17: from Latin adjūtāre to aid] ˈadjutancy n

ad•ju•tant

(ˈædʒ ə tənt)

n. 1. a military staff officer who assists the commanding officer. 2. an assistant. 3. adjutant stork. [1590–1600; < Latin adjūtant-, s. of adjūtāns, present participle of adjūtāre to help, assist, frequentative of adjuvāre= ad- ad- + juvāre to help]
Thesaurus
Noun1.adjutant - an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officeradjutant - an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officeraide, aide-de-camparmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"adjutant general - a general's adjutant; chief administrative officermilitary officer, officer - any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"
2.adjutant - large Indian stork with a military gaitadjutant - large Indian stork with a military gaitadjutant bird, adjutant stork, Leptoptilus dubiusstork - large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumagegenus Leptoptilus, Leptoptilus - adjutant birds and marabous

adjutant

nounA person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of the superior's responsibilities:aide, assistant, auxiliary, coadjutant, coadjutor, deputy, helper, lieutenant, second.
Translations
адъютантподручныйпомощникптица-адъютант

Adjutant

enUS

Adjutant

 

(1) Officer attached to a superior for various assignments. In the Soviet Army prior to 1954, also a line position in individual battalions (divisions).

(2) In the prerevolutionary Russian Army, also the position of the officer in charge of clerical duties on staffs and administrations (senior, regimental, battalion, and divisional adjutant). Appeared first in the second half of the 17th century under the name of esaul. The position of adjutant was legitimated by the 1716 Troop Regulations.

(3) Court military office in the retinue of a monarch. Adjutant of the rank of a general is called an adjutant general and of an officer rank, aide-de-camp.

Adjutant

enUS

ADJUTANT. A military officer, attached to every battalion of a regiment. Itis his duty to superintend, under his superiors, all matters relating to theordinary routine of discipline in the regiment.

AcronymsSeeADJ

adjutant

enUS
  • noun

Synonyms for adjutant

noun a person who holds a position auxiliary to another and assumes some of the superior's responsibilities

Synonyms

  • aide
  • assistant
  • auxiliary
  • coadjutant
  • coadjutor
  • deputy
  • helper
  • lieutenant
  • second

Synonyms for adjutant

noun an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

Synonyms

  • aide
  • aide-de-camp

Related Words

  • armed forces
  • armed services
  • military
  • military machine
  • war machine
  • adjutant general
  • military officer
  • officer

noun large Indian stork with a military gait

Synonyms

  • adjutant bird
  • adjutant stork
  • Leptoptilus dubius

Related Words

  • stork
  • genus Leptoptilus
  • Leptoptilus
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