adjutant
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adjutant
- /ˈæ.d͡ʒə.tənt/
Where it comes from
Probably in part from Spanish ayudante and in part from Portuguese ajudante (“assistant, helper, aide”), nominal uses of present participial adjectives from respectively ayudar and ajudar, from Latin adiūtō (“to help, assist”), with remodeling after its present participle adiūtāns (acc. adiūtantem). The stork's name is derived from the military sense, owing to its marchlike stiff gait when on ground.
noun adjutants
- An assistant.
- A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
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Either the greater or the lesser adjutant, stork species of the genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae, native to India and Southeast Asia.
Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Plotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.
Similar: adjutant bird
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: aide-de-camp, aide, adjutant stork, adjutant bird, leptoptilus dubius, assistant, sergeant, helper, warrant, cwo, deputy, lieutenant, subaltern, auxiliary, coadjutor, associate
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Talk about this word "adjutant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adjutant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. adjutant. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adjutant "adjutant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adjutant.Cite this
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title = {adjutant},
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