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adjutant general

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An adjutant of a unit having a general staff.
  • noun An officer in charge of the National Guard in one of the US states.
  • noun The chief administrative officer, a major general, of the US Army.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Milit., a staff-officer, the chief assistant of a commanding general in the execution of his military duties, as in issuing and executing orders, receiving and registering reports, regulating details of the service, etc.
  • noun Eccles., a title mistakenly given by translators to the assistants of the general of the Jesuits. See assistant, 3.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer

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