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noun 
  1. Military: A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs
  2. An assistant.
  3. A member of the Leptoptilos genus of African storks, also known as marabou.
Translations: 
  • German: Marabu
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom)
adjective (no (compar) or (superl))
  1. The noun used as a modifier (e.g. adjutant officer).
Etymology: From Latin adjutare, frequentative of adjuvare to assist. First English use recorded in 17th century. Or from Latin adiuvans, adiuvÄns, present participle of adiuvare, adiuvÄre, from iuvare, iuvÄre, to help.


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