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adjutant

noun
/ˈæ.d͡ʒə.tənt/

Etymology

Probably partly from Spanish ayudante and partly Portuguese ajudante (“assistant, helper, aide”), use as nouns of adjectives from the present participles of Spanish ayudar and Portuguese ajudar, respectively, from Latin adiūtō (“to help, assist”), with remodeling after Latin adiūtāns, present participle of adiūtō, from adiuvō (“to help, assist”) + -tō (frequentative suffix).

  1. borrowed from adiūtāns
  2. derived from adiūtō — “to help, assist”
  3. derived from ajudar
  4. derived from ayudar
  5. borrowed from ajudante — “assistant, helper, aide”
  6. borrowed from ayudante

Definitions

  1. A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.

  2. An assistant.

  3. Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae, native to…

    Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae, native to India and Southeast Asia.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Assistant

      Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer.

      • adjutant officer

The neighborhood

Derived

adjutancy, adjutant bird, adjutant general, adjutant-general, adjutantship, adjutant stork, coadjutant, greater adjutant, lesser adjutant

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