adjutant
An assistantAn assistant.
» The general arrives without his adjutant.
Meaning
3 sensesAn assistant.
Assistent
помо́щникpomóščnik, подру́чныйpodrúčnyj
an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
Adjutant
адъюта́нтadʺjutánt
Either the greater or the lesser adjutant, stork species of the genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae, native to India and Southeast Asia.
марабу́marabú
Examples
2 sentencesThe general arrives without his adjutant.
"We have carried the day, Sir!" exclaimed the adjutant to the general as the heavy cavalry smashed through the opposing lines.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
Probably in part from Spanish ayudante and in part from Portuguese ajudante (“assistant, hProbably 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.
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Forms
plural: adjutantsSynonyms
5 synonyms- an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer:aideaide-de-camp
- large Indian stork with a military gait:adjutant birdadjutant storkLeptoptilus dubius