Used in a Sentence

adjutants

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for adjutants.

Editorial note

Vaccines were traditionally live, dead, or attenuated virus/bacteria injections, some with adjutants, to stimulate an immune response.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An assistant.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of adjutants gathered in one view.

noun

An assistant.

noun

(military) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.

noun

(zoology) Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae, native to India and Southeast Asia.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for adjutants.

noun

An assistant.

noun

(military) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.

noun

(zoology) Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae, native to India and Southeast Asia.

Example sentences

1

Vaccines were traditionally live, dead, or attenuated virus/bacteria injections, some with adjutants, to stimulate an immune response.

2

The weird whirring mechano-head of the adjutants and bodily entombed dragoons are just some examples of the kooky minds working at the studio at that time.

3

The central idea in war is simply that good lieutenants are more useful and more rare than the sycophants and adjutants who circle the chiefs of staff.

4

Washington supported Hamid Karzai and his ministers and adjutants in the hope that they could establish a stable government, help pursue Al Qaeda, and keep the Taliban at bay.

5

Now tuition at many places is more than the national median household income, and the most of the faculty is made up of very poorly paid adjutants with a thin gerontocracy layer of tenured professors taking up most of the faculty salary pie.

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(2023 story) [1] > Two adjutants general, top commanders in their respective states, described discovering their staff tracking enlistment bonuses on dry-erase boards or through email traffic and handwritten notes.

Quote examples

1

They, or their adjutants, are interested in using the "Danish newspapers"; not the people on the street.

2

Never heard of spacevim but I have tried a few other “plug-and-play” vim adjutants like Pathogen and always ended up running into problems and spending more time on the issue than I had signed up for.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use adjutants in a sentence?

Vaccines were traditionally live, dead, or attenuated virus/bacteria injections, some with adjutants, to stimulate an immune response.

What does adjutants mean?

An assistant.

What part of speech is adjutants?

adjutants is commonly used as noun.