different between marabou vs adjutant

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• marabu

Etymology

From French marabou, an older spelling of marabout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæ??bu?/

Noun

marabou (plural marabous)

1. Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.
2. (dated, US, Louisiana) A person, five-eighths of whose ancestry is black; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe.

   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Bartlett to this entry?)

3. A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.
4. A thin fabric made from this silk, as for scarfs.

Synonyms

• (bird): adjutant stork, marabou stork

Coordinate terms

• (person of mixed race): see list in mulatto

Translations

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