Synonyms for adjutant

Grammar : Noun

Spell : aj-uh-tuh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈædʒ ə tənt

Définition of adjutant

Origin : "military officer who assists superior officers," c.1600, from Latin adiutantem (nominative adiutans), present participle of adiutare "to give help to, help zealously, serve," frequentative of adiuvare (past participle adiutus) "help, assist, aid, support," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + iuvare "to help, give strength, support," perhaps from same root as iuvenis "young person" (see young).

noun assistant

Example sentences :

He came to lean upon O'Moy's writing-table, facing the adjutant.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

Yet as they went the adjutant's eyes raked the ballroom in quest of his wife.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

"Ye can always thrash an impudent fellow," opined the adjutant.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

The interrogation, which seemed almost to cover a reproach, irritated the adjutant.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

It was not for Dom Miguel to know that it was the adjutant's fate that was being decided.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

For many years he was adjutant general of the state of Nebraska.
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd

As adjutant my place had been with the colonel at the head of the column.
Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock

The adjutant's last order crisped, coldly metallic, soldierly as ever.
Extract from : « When the Sleepers Woke » by Arthur Leo Zagat

Then they break into platoons, and are inspected, man by man, by the adjutant and his aides.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various

"Then go at once and get the key from the adjutant," said Lieutenant Santierra.
Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

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