Definition of "adjutant" in English

noun

1. (military) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.

2. An assistant.

3. (zoology) Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae, native to India and Southeast Asia.

   • 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.

adjective

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

   • adjutant officer