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Definition of: adjutant
(aj′ə·tənt) noun
1. Mil. A military staff officer who issues the administrative orders of a command.
2. Any of various large storks of the genus Leptoptilus. Also called adjutant bird, marabou. [<L adjutans, -antis, ppr. of adjutare assist, freq. of adjuvare.
See AID.]
—ad′ju·tan·cy, ad′ju·tant·ship noun
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