different between adjutant vs adjutancy

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin adi?t?, frequentative of adiuv? (“assist”). First attested in 17th century. Or from Latin adiuv?ns, present participle of adiuv?, from iuv? (“help”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?-j'?-t?nt IPA^(key): /?æ.d??.t?nt/

Noun

adjutant (plural adjutants)

1. (military) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
2. An assistant.
3. (zoology) Any bird of the genus Leptoptilos, a branch of the stork family (Ciconiidae) native to India and Southeast Asia.
   • 1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552:

     Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Plotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

Synonyms

• (bird): adjutant bird

Hyponyms

• greater adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius); lesser adjutant (L. javanicus); marabou (L. crumeniferus)

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

adjutant (not comparable)

1. Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer.

Synonyms

• adj.
• adjt.

See also

• adjuvant
• aid

French

Noun

adjutant m (plural adjutants)

1. (military) warrant officer class 1, warrant officer

Romanian

Etymology

From French adjudant

Noun

adjutant m (plural adjutan?i)

1. adjutant

Declension

Swedish

Noun

adjutant c

1. (military) an adjutant

Declension

English

Etymology

adjutant +? -cy

Noun

adjutancy (plural adjutancies)

1. The state or office of being an adjutant, assistant, or helper.

Translations