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Meaning of "adjutant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ADJUTANT

From Latin adjūtāre to aid.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ADJUTANT

adjutant  [ˈædʒətənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADJUTANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adjutant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ADJUTANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

adjutant

Adjutant

Adjutant is a military rank or appointment. In some armies, including most English-speaking ones, it is an officer who assists a more senior officer, while in other armies, especially Francophone ones, it is an NCO, normally corresponding roughly to a staff sergeant or warrant officer. An adjutant general is commander of an army's administrative services. President of Austria Rudolf Kirchschläger and commander Karl von Wohlgemuth. The president's adjutant in the background...

Definition of adjutant in the English dictionary

The definition of adjutant in the dictionary is an officer who acts as administrative assistant to a superior officer Abbreviation: adjt, adj.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADJUTANT


accountant
əˈkaʊntənt
armipotent
ɑːˈmɪpətənt
assistant
əˈsɪstənt
coadjutant
kəʊˈædʒətənt
combatant
ˈkɒmbətənt
consistent
kənˈsɪstənt
constant
ˈkɒnstənt
consultant
kənˈsʌltənt
distant
ˈdɪstənt
important
ɪmˈpɔːtənt
impotent
ˈɪmpətənt
inappetent
ɪnˈæpətənt
instant
ˈɪnstənt
noncombatant
ˌnɒnˈkɒmbətənt
omnipotent
ɒmˈnɪpətənt
patent
ˈpætənt
plenipotent
pləˈnɪpətənt
resistant
rɪˈzɪstənt
totipotent
təʊˈtɪpətənt
ventripotent
vɛnˈtrɪpətənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADJUTANT

adjuror
adjust
adjustability
adjustable
adjustable spanner
adjustably
adjusted
adjuster
adjustive
adjustment
adjustmental
adjustor
adjutage
adjutancy
adjutant bird
adjutant general
adjutant stork
adjutants general
adjuvancy
adjuvant

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADJUTANT

arc-boutant
computant
contestant
debutant
disputant
executant
habitant
hesitant
management consultant
militant
montant
nonmutant
nutant
on the instant
persistent organic pollutant
pollutant
Protestant
reluctant
resultant
water-resistant

Synonyms and antonyms of adjutant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «adjutant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADJUTANT

Find out the translation of adjutant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adjutant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adjutant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

副官
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ayudante
570 millions of speakers

English

adjutant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एडजुटेंट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

معاون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

адъютант
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ajudante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাড়গিলা-পাখি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

adjudant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Adjutant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Adjutant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

副官
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부관
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Adjutant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trợ thủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உதவி அதிகாரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सहाय्यक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

emir subayı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aiutante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

adiutant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ад´ютант
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adjutant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπασπιστής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

adjudant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

adjutant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

adjutant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adjutant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADJUTANT»

The term «adjutant» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.404 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADJUTANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «adjutant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «adjutant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adjutant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADJUTANT»

Discover the use of adjutant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adjutant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lee's Adjutant: The Wartime Letters of Colonel Walter Herron ...
The 110 letters compiled in Lee's Adjutant shed light on day-to-day life at Lee's headquarters and on the general himself.
Walter Herron Taylor, R. Lockwood Tower, John S. Belmont, 1995
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Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Missouri
Describes the operations of the Missouri militia units including rosters of officers and general orders.
Missouri. Office of the Adjutant General, 1866
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Annual Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of ...
The reports for 1861-1865 are reprinted in full, except for the omission of the lists of officers and the lists of losses of the various organizations, which are reprinted in separate form.
Wisconsin. Adjutant General's Office, Charles Edward Estabrook, 1912
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Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of ...
Describes the operations of the Michigan militia including rosters of officers and lists of the casualties particularly for the Civil War period.
Michigan. Adjutant General's Office, 1866
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Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. proceed to Mount Elba, lay a pontoon bridge across the Saline river, and guard the pass until the arrival of the expedition intended to convey supplies to our forces at Camden. Information having been ...
Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office, 1835
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Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of ...
Louisiana. Adjutant General's Office. Act, 71. For military purposes — arming, equipping and maintaining the State Militia and Volunteer Force, for year J 880 17,500 00 Act 71. For military purposes, etc., for the. year 1881. 17,500 00 Act 71.
Louisiana. Adjutant General's Office, 1894
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Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of Texas
Rifle ranges may be improved or repaired if authority is secured from the Adjutant General. 5. Expenditures are restricted to the following items: (a) Rental or Purchase of Land on Which Ranges Are Located. — No rental to be paid in advance, ...
Texas. Adjutant-General's Office, 1911
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At Hitler's Side: The Memoirs of Hitler's Luftwaffe Adjutant
This is the personal account of a Luftwaffe aide always at Hitler's side from 1937 until the last days in Berlin, now published for the first time in English.
Nicolaus von Below, 2004
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Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois ...
Includes rosters of officers and enlisted men, 1861-1866.
Illinois. Military and Naval Department, Jasper N. Reece, Isaac Hughes Elliott, 1901
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Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of West ...
Describes the organization and status of the militia of West Virginia plus rosters of officers.
West Virginia. Adjutant General's Office, 1866

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADJUTANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adjutant is used in the context of the following news items.
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MoBay hosts visiting Venezuelan naval ship
... and Nicaraguan Diplomatic Missions in Jamaica; and Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Colonel Adjutant Quartermaster, Captain (Naval) Sidney ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»
2
South Korea names Army vet 'ambassador for peace'
... center; and Phil Bradley, adjutant, with flag streamers recognizing the post's achievement of reaching 100 percent of its membership goal in the past year. «Richmond County Daily Journal, Jul 15»
3
New Fell documents offer Civil War insight
One is a letter to Fell signed by assistant adjutant general Julius Peter Garesche, dated July 14, 1862, containing Fell's commission as ... «Bloomington Pantagraph, Jul 15»
4
Heyen, Willis R.
He advanced to the position of adjutant of the 67th Infantry Brigade and was promoted to the rank of major. Willis retired from the National ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
5
Gender equity moving forward
Roderick R. Leon Guerrero, the GUAM National Guard adjutant general, among others, spoke in favor of expanding civil protections for military ... «Pacific Daily News, Jul 15»
6
State VFW helps sick veterans facing VA backlog
... program two years ago because its members believe the veterans in this area are underserved, said Bruce Black, the organization's adjutant. «Observer-Reporter, Jul 15»
7
Airmen return home to Kentucky on 4th of July
"Whenever anybody goes on one of these deployments, the chances are they may not come back,” said Kentucky Adjutant General, Major ... «WDRB, Jul 15»
8
Hilton Head WWII vet knows cost of freedom, joy of peace
Farrington appointed him adjutant of the POW camp. They became close friends, and now three generations of both families have exchanged ... «The State, Jul 15»
9
History or hate? Debate over Civil War legacy touches 'Confederate …
Mike Williams, adjutant for the Sons of Confederate Veterans in the state of Alabama, carries a Confederate flag past the Confederate Memorial ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
10
Retired Hattiesburg Army general honored for support of Guard and …
Harrington retired from the Army five years ago as the assistant adjutant general for Mississippi. Copyright 2015 WDAM. All rights reserved. «WMC Action News 5, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Adjutant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/adjutant>. Apr 2024 ».
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