adjutant
noun
ad·ju·tant ˈa-jə-tənt 
1
: a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence
2
: one who helps : assistant
Synonyms
- adjunct
- aid
- aide
- apprentice
- assistant
- coadjutor
- deputy
- helper
- helpmate
- helpmeet
- lieutenant
- mate
- sidekick
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Example Sentences
the senator's adjutants and aides always arrive ahead of him on the campaign trail
Recent Examples on the Web The National Guard soldiers, the captain, and the general’s adjutant were sleeping off in the distance. 
Vladimir Sorokin, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 While in the service, he was stationed at Fort Devens, in Ayer, Massachusetts, as an adjutant to Gen. Phillip Davidson, who was in charge of the Army Security Agency School there. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2022 Middletown’s Post 583 is a consolidation completed this year of another city post and the Middlefield-Rockfall post, current Post 583 adjutant Michael Rogalsky said. Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 18 Nov. 2021 The governor installed Mancino after having removed the state's prior adjutant, Maj. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 14 Nov. 2021 And an endearing Brian Mackey completes the cast as Butler’s not-too-bright adjutant, Union Lt. Kelly, who serves as a comic foil for Butler’s bullying behavior. San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2021 Suzette Heller, department adjutant for the American Legion Department of Ohio, said she was told Sunday that Suchan had resigned. NBC News, 9 June 2021 Jim Garrison, adjutant of American Legion Post 464, resigned last Friday. NBC News, 9 June 2021 Suzette Heller, the state Legion’s department adjutant, told the Akron Beacon Journal that Suchan was also asked to resign by Legion officials but has not. Washington Post, 5 June 2021 See More
Vladimir Sorokin, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 While in the service, he was stationed at Fort Devens, in Ayer, Massachusetts, as an adjutant to Gen. Phillip Davidson, who was in charge of the Army Security Agency School there. Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2022 Middletown’s Post 583 is a consolidation completed this year of another city post and the Middlefield-Rockfall post, current Post 583 adjutant Michael Rogalsky said. Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 18 Nov. 2021 The governor installed Mancino after having removed the state's prior adjutant, Maj. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 14 Nov. 2021 And an endearing Brian Mackey completes the cast as Butler’s not-too-bright adjutant, Union Lt. Kelly, who serves as a comic foil for Butler’s bullying behavior. San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2021 Suzette Heller, department adjutant for the American Legion Department of Ohio, said she was told Sunday that Suchan had resigned. NBC News, 9 June 2021 Jim Garrison, adjutant of American Legion Post 464, resigned last Friday. NBC News, 9 June 2021 Suzette Heller, the state Legion’s department adjutant, told the Akron Beacon Journal that Suchan was also asked to resign by Legion officials but has not. Washington Post, 5 June 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin adjūtant-, adjūtans, present participle of adjūtāre "to help," probably after Spanish ayudante "assistant, aide, officer appointed as an aide" (noun derivative of present participle of ayudar "to help, aid," going back to Latin adjūtāre) — more at aid entry 1
First Known Use
1539, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing adjutant
Kids Definition
adjutant
noun
ad·ju·tant ˈa-jə-tənt
: an officer who assists the officer in command
adjutants
noun
as in assistants
a person who helps a more skilled person the senator's adjutants and aides always arrive ahead of him on the campaign trail Synonyms & Similar Words
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