adjutant
Meaning of adjutant
- a military officer who acts as an administrative assistant to a senior officer.
he eventually became adjutant to the commander of the tactical air force
- a large black-and-white stork with a massive bill and a bare head and neck, found in India and SE Asia.
early 17th century (in the sense ‘assistant, helper’): from Latin adjutant- ‘being of service to’, from adjutare, frequentative of adjuvare ‘assist’ (see adjuvant).
Information about adjutant
- It is a name.
- The plural form of adjutant is: adjutants.
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Hyphenation of adjutant
ad-ju-tant
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- adjutant is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
adjutant synonyms
Meaning aide:
Words that rhyme with adjutant
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