Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of adjutant. Also called
adjutantship . - noun Assistance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office of an adjutant.
- noun Skillful arrangement in aid; assistance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or office of being an
adjutant , assistant, or helper.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The colony had spread out far enough that the single adjutancy should be divided among districts.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The colony had spread out far enough that the single adjutancy should be divided among districts.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The colony had spread out far enough that the single adjutancy should be divided among districts.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The colony had spread out far enough that the single adjutancy should be divided among districts.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Captain Lowndes, the adjutant, who had been home after his severe wound at Talana, now rejoined the regiment, and took over the adjutancy from Captain Fetherstonhaugh.
The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Cecil Francis Romer
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I immediately offered the vacant adjutancy to Captain Warren, but he declined it, saying that he now had the cares of a company on his shoulders and was taking a great deal of enjoyment out of it.
"The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders John Allister Currie
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Oxfordshire is now over, he has got a scheme in his head about getting a lieutenancy and adjutancy in the 86th, a new-raised regiment, which he fancies will be ordered to the Cape of Good Hope.
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
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Henry is still hankering after the Regulars, and as his project of purchasing the adjutancy of the
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
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I was offered the adjutancy, and I accepted it rejoicingly.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Various
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Captain Erskine E. Boyce had been relieved as regimental adjutant and assigned as captain of Headquarters Company, Captain Westfeldt, of Headquarters Company, going to the regimental adjutancy and becoming also regimental operations officer.
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