adjutant

adjutant Definition

ad·ju·tant (aj′ə tənt)

noun

an assistant
Mil. a staff officer who serves as an administrative assistant to the commanding officer
Etymology: from its manner of walking, thought of as resembling a military strut
1. a very large stork (Leptoptilos dubius) about 1.5 m (5 ft) tall, of India and SE Asia, with a bare head and neck and a large, thick bill
2. a similar but smaller stork (L. javanicus) found in the same countries

Etymology: < L adjutans, prp. of adjutare: see aid

adjutant Synonyms

adjutant Usage Examples

Converse of object

act: I am in command of " D " Coy. again, having been acting adjutant for only a few hours.
become: I have to know a bit about it in case I became an Adjutant.
appoint: In the same year he was appointed a personal adjutant to the Kaiser.
understudy: I am understudying the Adjutant at present with another fellow, in case he gets pipped.

Adjective modifier

naval: His naval adjutant had himself seen how mercilessly the Reds fought in the Baltic states in 1919.
personal: In the same year he was appointed a personal adjutant to the Kaiser.
chief: At the end of January 1940, the F¸hrer had sent his chief military adjutant on a flying tour of the western front.
own: I am in temporary command of the Battalion, and am my own Adjutant at the moment.
other: Traudl Junge confirmed the story to me, as did Darges, and all Hitler's other adjutants.
regimental: November 1914: Regimental Adjutant of Infantry Regiment 95, Gotha.

Modifies a noun

Used with adjective complement

appoint: From April 1904 to April 1907, he was Ordnance Officer and in 1911 was appointed Adjutant to the Special Reserve.

Noun used with modifier

army: Hitler's army adjutant, Major Gerhard Engel, returned with a vivid description of the mountain terrain.
battalion: Between 1919 and 1929 he served as a company commander, battalion adjutant and instructor at military schools.
brigade: Generalmajor Graf Nugent and his Brigade Adjutant accompanied this column.
squadron: Spent 5 years as squadron adjutant, taking over the squadron in Nov 1983, when the CO retired.

Possessives

wife: The adjutant's wife has come from Newcastle and knows the William that Betty S. was with.

Preposition: of

battalion: He then returned to the Regiment until 8 January 1947 during which time he was Adjutant of the 6th Battalion in Cyprus.
regiment: Lieutenant Moore, the Adjutant of the Regiment, was perhaps the first of all by a horse's length.
brigade: May 1916: Adjutant of the 83rd Infantry Brigade.

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