[ 'adʒʊt(ə)nt ]
■ noun
1》 a military officer acting as an administrative assistant to a senior officer.
2》 a large black-and-white stork with a massive bill and a bare head and neck, found in India and SE Asia. [Genus Leptoptilos : two species.]
Derivatives
adjutancy noun
Origin
C17: from L. ~- , adjutare , frequentative of adjuvare (see adjuvant ).