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Americans alike, had a good laugh at our expense, but it was one in which we joined right willingly; and one kind-hearted _adjudant-moniteur_, in order to remove what discomfiture we may have felt, told us, through an interpreter, that he was sure we would become good air-men.
High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France James Norman Hall 1919
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'Mon adjudant,' I says, 'it's possible, but --'"A sentence follows that I cannot secure --" Oh, tu sais, just like that, I said it.
Under Fire: the story of a squad Henri Barbusse 1904
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Joseph Gallo, quartermaster; Merritt Nord, adjudant; and Dan Nichols and Doug Strayer, trustees.
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Joseph Gallo, quartermaster; Merritt Nord, adjudant; and Dan Nichols and Doug Strayer, trustees.
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Towards the end of the war he became the adjudant to Queen Wilhelmina, a role which earned him his nickname as 'Orange' is not only the Dutch national color, it is the royal family's surname.
Peaktalk v2 2008
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