adjutant
pronunciation
How to pronounce adjutant in British English:
UK [ˈædʒʊtənt]
How to pronounce adjutant in American English:
US [ˈædʒətənt]
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- Noun:
- an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
- large Indian stork with a military gait
Word Origin
- adjutant
- adjutant: [17] An adjutant was formerly simply an ‘assistant’, but the more specific military sense of an officer who acts as an aide to a more senior officer has now virtually ousted this original meaning. The word comes from a Latin verb for ‘help’, and is in fact related to English aid. Latin adjuvāre ‘help’ developed a new form, adjūtāre, denoting repeated action, and the present participial stem of this, adjutant- ‘helping’, was borrowed into English.=> aid, coadjutor
- adjutant (n.)
- "military officer who assists superior officers," c. 1600, from Latin adiutantem (nominative adiutans), present participle of adiutare "to give help to, help zealously, serve," frequentative of adiuvare (past participle adiutus) "help, assist, aid, support," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + iuvare "to help, give strength, support," perhaps from same root as iuvenis "young person" (see young).
Example
- 1. I can help you.thank you , my adjutant will .
- 2. May I present my new adjutant ( to you ) .
- 3. Conclusion the bibliotherapy is an effective adjutant method of rehabilitation for patients with depression .
- 4. Who can teaching me change adjutant .
- 5. What is the adjutant thinking ?