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
- 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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