adjutant
/ˈæ.d͡ʒə.tənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.12 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An assistant.
noun
A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
noun
Either the greater or the lesser adjutant, stork species of the genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae, native to India and Southeast Asia.
adj
Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer.
Example Sentences
Etymology
Probably in part from Spanish ayudante and in part from Portuguese ajudante (“assistant, helper, aide”), nominal uses of present participial adjectives from respectively ayudar and ajudar, from Latin adiūtō (“to help, assist”), with remodeling after its present participle adiūtāns (acc. adiūtantem). The stork's name is derived from the military sense, owing to its marchlike stiff gait when on ground.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ayudante, ajudante, adiūtō