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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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Forms of Adjt.

pluralAdjts.

Questions about Adjt.

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

Words near Adjt. in the dictionary

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

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