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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adjutant \Ad"ju*tant\, n. [L. adjutans p. pr of adjutare to help. See {Aid}.] 1. A helper; an assistant. 2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. {Adjutant general} a (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders In the U. S. army he is brigadier general. b (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care 3. (Zo["o]l.) A species of very large stork ({Ciconia argala}), a native of India; -- called also the {gigantic crane}, and by the native name {argala}. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adjutant n 1: an officer who acts as military assistant [syn: {aide}, {aide-de-camp}] 2: large Indian stork with a military gait [syn: {adjutant bird}, {adjutant stork}, {Leptoptilus dubius}]
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