ADJUTANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adjutant mean? 

• ADJUTANT (noun)
  The noun ADJUTANT has 2 senses:

1. an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

2. large Indian stork with a military gait

  Familiarity information: ADJUTANT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADJUTANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp

Hypernyms ("adjutant" is a kind of...):

military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adjutant"):

adjutant general (a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large Indian stork with a military gait

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

adjutant; adjutant bird; adjutant stork; Leptoptilus dubius

Hypernyms ("adjutant" is a kind of...):

stork (large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage)

Holonyms ("adjutant" is a member of...):

genus Leptoptilus; Leptoptilus (adjutant birds and marabous)