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adjt

adjt is the abbreviation of adjutant.

Meaning of adjutant

Noun

adjutant (plural adjutants)

  1. An assistant.
  2. (stricto sensu) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
  3. Either the greater or the lesser adjutant, stork species 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.1876, "Burmah" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 552
    Synonyms:
    adjutant bird

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Questions about adjt

What is adjt the abbreviation of?
Adjt is the abbreviation of adjutant.

Words near adjt in the dictionary

  1. adjoyning
  2. AdjP
  3. AdjPs
  4. adjs
  5. adjs.
  6. adjt
  7. Adjt.
  8. Adjts.
  9. Adjud
  10. adjudg
  11. adjudgable

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