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Saltos de línea: ad¦ju|tant
Pronunciación: /ˈadʒʊt(ə)nt

Definición de adjutant en inglés:


1A military officer who acts as an administrative assistant to a senior officer: he eventually became adjutant to the commander of the tactical air force
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1.1A person’s assistant or deputy: Hoare was his adjutant in all the talks with the government
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  • Genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae: two species
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  • An adjutant was originally an ‘assistant, helper’; the origin is Latin adjutant- ‘being of service to’, from adjuvare ‘assist’. The term now usually describes an officer assisting a senior officer with administrative matters.



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