Adjutant

ad′joot-ant, n. a regimental staff officer not above the rank of major, specially appointed to a ist the commanding officer of a garrison or regiment—there are also adjutants of auxiliary forces, of depôts, of brigade, .: a large species of stork or crane found in India.— ns. Ad′jutancy , the office of an adjutant: a istance; Ad′jutant-gen′eral , the head of his department on the general staff of the army, the executive officer of the commander-in-chief. [L. adjutāre = adjuvāre — ad , to, juvāre , to a ist.]