adjutant
1. an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer • Syn: aide, aide-de-camp • Topics: military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine • Hypernyms: military officer, officer • Hyponyms: adjutant general 2. large Indian stork with a military gait • Syn: adjutant bird, adjutant stork, Leptoptilus dubius • Hypernyms: stork • Member Holonyms: Leptoptilus, genus Leptoptilus
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