adjutantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈædʒ.ə.tənt/us/ˈædʒ.ə.tənt/a military officer who does office work and who is responsible for rules and punishment among the lower ranks
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General ranks in the armed forces
- ADC
- aide-de-camp
- artificer
- C-in-C
- captain
- chief of staff
- commandant
- commander-in-chief
- commissioned officer
- five-star
- flash
- four-star
- generalissimo
- NCO
- non-commissioned officer
- officer
- ranking
- top brass
- warrant officer
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Examples from literature
- At adjutant's call, the adjutant, dismounted and the sergeant major on his left, marches to the parade ground.
- For a moment they waited until, as before, the voice of the adjutant was heard, clear and commanding, above the clamor.
- They stood near the regimental adjutant, and seemed to be reporting their presence to him.
- To do him justice, the colonel laughed at the notion, even when it was put forward by his much-trusted adjutant.
- Why he went himself, and did not send one of his adjutants with a written protest, seems still very strange to us.