Definition of "adjutant" []

• A staff officer who helps a commanding officer with administrative affairs. (noun)
• An assistant. (noun)
• See marabou. (noun)

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• "This was said in such a pleasant manner I almost concluded the general had been misrepresented, but how changed his tone when he called his adjutant, who in an instant stood before him."
• "She thaws a little, listens to us, and even asks questions in a supercilious way: "Why do you call the adjutant 'le juteux'?""
• ""And then he called the adjutant-general and they whispered together a moment, and then he sent me here.""