adjutant

See also: Adjutant

English

Wikispecies

A lesser adjutant bird.

Etymology

From Latin adiūtō, frequentative of adiuvō (“assist”). First attested in 17th century. Or from Latin adiuvāns, present participle of adiuvō, from iuvō (“help”).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: ă-j'ə-tənt IPA(key): /ˈæ.d͡ʒə.tənt/

Noun

adjutant (plural adjutants)

  1. (military) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
  2. An assistant.
  3. (zoology) Any bird of the genus Leptoptilos, a branch of the stork family (Ciconiidae) native to India and Southeast Asia.
    • 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:
      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.

Synonyms
  • (bird): adjutant bird

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

adjutant (not comparable)

  1. Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer.
    adjutant officer

Synonyms

See also

French

Noun

adjutant m (plural adjutants, feminine adjutante)

  1. (military) warrant officer class 1, warrant officer

Polish

Noun

adjutant m pers

  1. Pre-1936 spelling of adiutant.

Declension
Declension of adjutant
singular plural
nominative adjutant adjutanci
genitive adjutanta adjutantów
dative adjutantowi adjutantom
accusative adjutanta adjutantów
instrumental adjutantem adjutantami
locative adjutancie adjutantach
vocative adjutancie adjutanci

Romanian

Etymology

From French adjudant.

Noun

adjutant m (plural adjutanți)

  1. adjutant

Declension
Declension of adjutant
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) adjutant adjutantul (niște) adjutanți adjutanții
genitive/dative (unui) adjutant adjutantului (unor) adjutanți adjutanților
vocative adjutantule adjutanților

Swedish

Noun

adjutant c

  1. (military) an adjutant

Declension
Declension of adjutant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative adjutant adjutanten adjutanter adjutanterna
Genitive adjutants adjutantens adjutanters adjutanternas
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