adjutant generaln.

Brit.

/ˌadʒᵿt(ə)nt ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/,

/ˌadʒᵿt(ə)nt ˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/, U.S.

/ˈˌædʒədənt ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/,

/ˈˌædʒətnt ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/

Forms: see adjutant n. and adj. and general adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: adjutant n., general adj.

Etymology: < adjutant n. + general adj. With sense 1 compare French adjudant général (1668 or earlier; the use in sense 2 appears to be unparalleled in French). Compare slightly earlier general-adjutant n. In later use in sense 1 the second element was probably often reapprehended as general n.; compare earlier lieutenant-general n., major-general n., colonel-general n. at colonel n. Compounds.

1. Military. A senior administrative officer, originally one assisting or acting on behalf of the general of an army; (in modern use) the chief administrative officer of an army, or of a division, corps, or other large military unit.In the United States also used of the officer with overall command of a state's military forces.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > aide-de-camp or adjutant

corporal of the field1591

general-adjutant1632

adjutant1641

adjutant general1644

agitant1644

aide-de-camp1670

aid-major1670

Adj.1708

aid1761

Adjt.1763

aide1776

D.A.A.G.1899

AG1913

D.A.G.-

1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes sig. A2 To the Right Honorable, John Lord Roberts, Baron of Truro, President; Francis Lord Willoughby of Parham,..and Mr. English Adjutant Generall.

1645 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Fourth Pt. (1701) I. 34 Adjutant-General Flemming, being engaged in a single encounter, shot his enemy.

1698 E. D'Auvergne Hist. Campagne Flanders 1697 145 The Prince of Nassau's Adjutant General came from Loo with the Patents.

1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xl. 110 Who advised the King to appoint Mr. Luttrell, Adjutant-General to the army in Ireland.

1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 54 To report to the Adjutant-General, as soon as possible after its march, the [corps'] state and condition with respect to Arms, Ammunition, and general equipment.

1883 Cent. Mag. Nov. 134/2 I was told in his pocket..was a document from one of the assistants to the adjutant-general of the army.

1914 D. Haig Diary 26 Nov. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 83 I saw General Sclater (Adjutant General) and discussed the class of man sent out as drafts.

1994 Daily Tel. 20 Dec. 17/2 The Adjutant General can in some ways be described as the Army's chief personnel officer.

2010 Akron (Ohio) Beacon Jrnl. (Nexis) 20 July [He] played a key role in securing federal funds.., said Maj. Gen. Gregory L. Wayt, Ohio's adjutant general.

2. Roman Catholic Church. Among the Jesuits: a superintendent of a province or country. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > [noun] > Jesuit > assistant

adjutant general1667

assistant1679

minister1728

society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > provincial > [noun]

provincialc1400

adjutant general1910

1667 Pyrotechnica Loyolana ii. 17 [The Father General] is attended with a Select number of other Fathers, who are for the most part Resident with him, called Assistants or Adjutants-General.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Adjutant [at Adjutant (citing Pyrotechnica Loyolana)] The general of the Jesuits has a select number of fathers of that order residing with him, under the denomination of Adjutants-general.

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 14/2 Adjutant-general of the Jesuits, a title given to certain fathers who resided with the general of the order. [Also in later dictionaries.]

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 194/1 By a looseness of translation, the superintendents of provinces, in the order of Jesuits,..are sometimes called adjutants-general.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adjutant general
释义	adjutant generaln. Brit. /ˌadʒᵿt(ə)nt ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/, /ˌadʒᵿt(ə)nt ˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /ˈˌædʒədənt ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/, /ˈˌædʒətnt ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/ Forms: see adjutant n. and adj. and general adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: adjutant n., general adj. Etymology: < adjutant n. + general adj. With sense 1 compare French adjudant général (1668 or earlier; the use in sense 2 appears to be unparalleled in French). Compare slightly earlier general-adjutant n. In later use in sense 1 the second element was probably often reapprehended as general n.; compare earlier lieutenant-general n., major-general n., colonel-general n. at colonel n. Compounds. 1. Military. A senior administrative officer, originally one assisting or acting on behalf of the general of an army; (in modern use) the chief administrative officer of an army, or of a division, corps, or other large military unit.In the United States also used of the officer with overall command of a state's military forces. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > aide-de-camp or adjutant corporal of the field1591 general-adjutant1632 adjutant1641 adjutant general1644 agitant1644 aide-de-camp1670 aid-major1670 Adj.1708 aid1761 Adjt.1763 aide1776 D.A.A.G.1899 AG1913 D.A.G.- 1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes sig. A2 To the Right Honorable, John Lord Roberts, Baron of Truro, President; Francis Lord Willoughby of Parham,..and Mr. English Adjutant Generall. 1645 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Fourth Pt. (1701) I. 34 Adjutant-General Flemming, being engaged in a single encounter, shot his enemy. 1698 E. D'Auvergne Hist. Campagne Flanders 1697 145 The Prince of Nassau's Adjutant General came from Loo with the Patents. 1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xl. 110 Who advised the King to appoint Mr. Luttrell, Adjutant-General to the army in Ireland. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 54 To report to the Adjutant-General, as soon as possible after its march, the [corps'] state and condition with respect to Arms, Ammunition, and general equipment. 1883 Cent. Mag. Nov. 134/2 I was told in his pocket..was a document from one of the assistants to the adjutant-general of the army. 1914 D. Haig Diary 26 Nov. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 83 I saw General Sclater (Adjutant General) and discussed the class of man sent out as drafts. 1994 Daily Tel. 20 Dec. 17/2 The Adjutant General can in some ways be described as the Army's chief personnel officer. 2010 Akron (Ohio) Beacon Jrnl. (Nexis) 20 July [He] played a key role in securing federal funds.., said Maj. Gen. Gregory L. Wayt, Ohio's adjutant general. 2. Roman Catholic Church. Among the Jesuits: a superintendent of a province or country. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > [noun] > Jesuit > assistant adjutant general1667 assistant1679 minister1728 society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > provincial > [noun] provincialc1400 adjutant general1910 1667 Pyrotechnica Loyolana ii. 17 [The Father General] is attended with a Select number of other Fathers, who are for the most part Resident with him, called Assistants or Adjutants-General. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Adjutant [at Adjutant (citing Pyrotechnica Loyolana)] The general of the Jesuits has a select number of fathers of that order residing with him, under the denomination of Adjutants-general. 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 14/2 Adjutant-general of the Jesuits, a title given to certain fathers who resided with the general of the order. [Also in later dictionaries.] 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 194/1 By a looseness of translation, the superintendents of provinces, in the order of Jesuits,..are sometimes called adjutants-general. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1644
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