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adjutant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aide, aide-de-camp |
| Type of | military officer, officer |
| Has types | adjutant general |
adjutant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | adjutant bird, adjutant stork, leptoptilus dubius |
| Type of | stork |
Examples of adjutant
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Maj. Gen. Patrick Murphy, the state's adjutant general, will make a final ruling.
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Beauregard served as adjutant general for the Louisiana state militia, 1879-88.
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In 1882 he became personal adjutant to his uncle, then Chief of the General Staff.
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Lindemann's new adjutant was the signals officer Second Lieutenant Wolfgang Reiner.
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He left Davis and the captured men in the hands of his 21-year-old adjutant.
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During that time, she was also command counsel to the New York State adjutant general.
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During these years, Riedesel commuted to Brunswick, where he was adjutant to the duke.
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Of the two men responsible for his policy, Grant chose his former adjutant.
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Here, Wolfe was promoted to Lieutenant and made adjutant of his battalion.
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- An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
- Adjutant bird: large Indian stork with a military gait
- A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs; An assistant; A bird in the genus Leptoptilos of the stork family Ciconiidae; The noun used as a modifier (e.g. adjutant officer)
- An officer selected by the chief signal officer from the subalturns who acts to communicate the orders of the chief signal officer and has duties in respect to his department or detachment assimilated to those of an assistant adjutant-general of an army
- The senior staff officer of a regiment, the Adjutant handled all administrative details and paperwork. He assigned the duty of both officers and men, such as for guards and detachments.
- An officer, usually a senior Captain that serves as an administration assistant to the Commanding Officer. His main roles are non-logistical and concentrate on correspondence on behalf of the CO, the issuing of orders and other such administration.
- An officer, usually a captain, with office in headquarters, who is in charge of the details work of a regiment; the mouth piece of the Colonel.
- A staff officer who transmits orders, details, and mounts guards, etc. The Adjutant-General is the principal staff officer of the army; he supervises the camp, and is the organ of the general commanding.
- A staff officer who takes care of all official correspondence with the exception of combat orders.
