adjutant

adjutant
[ˈadʒʊt(ə)nt]
noun

a military officer who acts as an administrative assistant to a senior officer
副官
■a person's assistant or deputy
助手，副手
(亦作 adjutant stork 或 adjutant bird)a large black-and-white stork with a massive bill and a bare head and neck, found in India and SE Asia
秃鹳
Genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae: two species
秃鹳属，鹳科： 2种

派生
adjutancy
noun
语源

early 17th cent. (in the sense 'assistant, helper'): from Latin adjutant- 'being of service to', from adjutare, frequentative of adjuvare 'assist' (see adjuvant)

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