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adjutants

/ˈæ.d͡ʒə.tənts/

adjutants is the plural 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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Phrases with adjutants

Questions about adjutants

What is adjutants the plural of?
Adjutants is the plural of adjutant.
How do you pronounce adjutants?
Adjutants is pronounced /ˈæ.d͡ʒə.tənts/.

Words near adjutants in the dictionary

  1. adjutant generals
  2. adjutant stork
  3. adjutant storks
  4. adjutant-general
  5. adjutant-generals
  6. adjutants
  7. adjutants general
  8. adjutants-general
  9. adjutantship
  10. adjutantships
  11. adjutator

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