adjutant

Noun

A military officer acting as an administrative assistant to a senior officer.
an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
large Indian stork with a military gait
A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
An assistant.
Any bird of the genus Leptoptilos, a branch of the stork family (Ciconiidae) native to India and Southeast Asia.

Adj

Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer.

Examples

adjutant officer
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Origin / Etymology

Probably partly from Spanish ayudante and partly Portuguese ajudante (“assistant, helper, aide”), use as nouns of adjectives from the present participles of Spanish ayudar and Portuguese ajudar, respectively, from Latin adiūtō (“to help, assist”), with remodeling after Latin adiūtāns, present participle of adiūtō, from adiuvō (“to help, assist”) + -tō (frequentative suffix).

Synonyms

adjutant bird, adjutant stork, aide, aide-de-camp, Leptoptilus dubius, adj., adjt

Scrabble Score: 16

adjutant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
adjutant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
adjutant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

adjutant: valid Words With Friends Word