adjutant

Etymology
From, frequentative of. First attested in 17th century. Or from Latin, present participle of , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
 * 2) An assistant.
 * 3)  Any bird of the genus, a branch of the stork family  native to India and Southeast Asia.
 * 4) * 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:
 * Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters, scissor-bills , adjutants , pelicans, cormorants, cranes (, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

Synonyms

 * adjutant

Hyponyms

 * ; (L. javanicus);  (L. crumeniferus)

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: aidiúnach
 * Latin: optiō
 * Macedonian: аѓута́нт
 * Malay:
 * Rumi: ajutan
 * Maori: āpiha kaiāwhina
 * Norman: agîtant
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovincian: adjúdant
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Macedonian: по́мошник
 * Manx: co-yantagh
 * Maori: āpiha kaiāwhina
 * Russian: ,
 * Welsh: ,


 * Dutch:
 * Russian:

Adjective

 * 1) Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer.

Noun

 * 1)  warrant officer class 1, warrant officer

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  an