1. (military) an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
   "The adjutant delivered the general's orders to the troops";
   - aide, aide-de-camp
    
2. Large Indian stork with a military gait
   "The adjutant stork marched solemnly through the wetland";
   - adjutant bird, adjutant stork, Leptoptilus dubius

Derived forms: adjutants

Type of: military officer, officer, stork

Part of: genus Leptoptilus, Leptoptilus

Encyclopedia: Adjutant