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adjutant.

An assistant.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈæ.d͡ʒə.tənt/
  1. An assistant.

  2. A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.

  3. Either the greater or the lesser adjutant, stork species of the genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae, native to India and Southeast Asia.

Where this word comes from

Probably in part from Spanish ayudante and in part from Portuguese ajudante (“assistant, helper, aide”), nominal uses of present participial adjectives from respectively ayudar and ajudar, from Latin adiūtō (“to help, assist”), with remodeling after its present participle adiūtāns (acc. adiūtantem). The stork's name is derived from the military sense, owing to its marchlike stiff gait when on ground.

adj/ˈæ.d͡ʒə.tənt/
  1. Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer.

    not-comparable
    adjutant officer
Where this word comes from

Probably in part from Spanish ayudante and in part from Portuguese ajudante (“assistant, helper, aide”), nominal uses of present participial adjectives from respectively ayudar and ajudar, from Latin adiūtō (“to help, assist”), with remodeling after its present participle adiūtāns (acc. adiūtantem). The stork's name is derived from the military sense, owing to its marchlike stiff gait when on ground.

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