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ad·ju·tant    Audio Help   [aj-uh-tuhnt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Military. a staff officer who assists the commanding officer in issuing orders.
2.British Military. an executive officer.
3.an assistant.
4.adjutant stork.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < L adjūtant- (s. of adjūtāns, prp. of adjūtāre to help, assist), equiv. to ad- ad- + jū- (var. s. of juvāre to help) + -t- freq. suffix + -ant- -ant]
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ad·ju·tant    Audio Help   (āj'ə-tənt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Abbr. Adj. or Adjt. A staff officer who helps a commanding officer with administrative affairs.
  2. An assistant.
  3. See marabou.


[From Latin adiūtāns, adiūtant-, present participle of adiūtāre, to help; see aid.]

ad'ju·tan·cy n.
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mar·a·bou also mar·a·bout    Audio Help   (mār'ə-bōō')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Any of several large African storks of the genus Leptoptilos that scavenge for carrion and that have a soft white down on the underside. Also called adjutant, adjutant stork.
    1. The down of one of these storks or an imitation of it made from other bird feathers.
    2. A hat or garment trimmed with the down of a stork or an imitation of it.
    3. A raw silk that can be dyed without being separated from the gum.
    4. A fabric or an article of apparel made from such silk.
    1. A raw silk that can be dyed without being separated from the gum.
    2. A fabric or an article of apparel made from such silk.


[French marabout, Muslim hermit, marabout; see marabout1.]

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adjutant 
"military officer who assists superior officers," 1600, from L. adjutantem (nom. adjutans), prp. of adjutare "to give help to," from ad- "to" + juvare "to help, give strength, support," probably from same root as juvenis "young person" (see young).

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adjutant

noun
1. an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer 
2. large Indian stork with a military gait [syn: adjutant bird

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Adjutant

Ad"ju*tan*cy\, n. [See Adjutant.]

1. The office of an adjutant.

2. Skillful arrangement in aid; assistance.

It was, no doubt, disposed with all the adjutancy of definition and division. --Burke.
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