adjutancy

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ad·ju·tant

A0090200 (ăj′ə-tənt)n.1. Abbr. Adj. or Adjt. A staff officer who helps a commanding officer with administrative affairs.2. An assistant.3. Either of two large Asian storks (Leptoptilos dubius or L. javanicus) having a head and neck bare of feathers, black wings, and white underparts. Also called adjutant stork.
[From Latin adiūtāns, adiūtant-, present participle of adiūtāre, to help; see aid.]
ad′ju·tan·cy n.

ad•ju•tan•cy

(ˈædʒ ə tən si)

n., pl. -cies. the office or rank of an adjutant. [1765–75]

adjutancy

the condition of holding the rank of adjutant.See also: Aid