adjutant
noun /ˈædʒʊtənt/
/ˈædʒʊtənt/
- an army officer who does office work and helps other officersTopics War and conflictc2Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘assistant, helper’): from Latin adjutant- ‘being of service to’, from adjutare, frequentative of adjuvare ‘assist’, from ad- ‘towards’ + juvare to ‘help’.