Thesaurus results for ADJUTANT

adjutant

noun

ˈa-jə-tənt

Definition of adjutant

as in assistant

a person who helps a more skilled person the senator's adjutants and aides always arrive ahead of him on the campaign trail

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Recent Examples of adjutant In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership. — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024 Whereas until recently political elites had a degree of decision-making power, the war has made them into the executors of Putin’s will, mere adjutants to the generalissimo. — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024 His first innovation, suggested by the director and Factory adjutant Paul Morrissey, was to add the German chanteuse Nico to the Velvets’ lineup. — Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2023 In postwar court documents he is referred to as Arājs’s adjutant. — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 20 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for adjutant

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Noun

Scott Cheney, a Utah assistant attorney general who serves as her principal legal adviser on elections, was out of the country.

— Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
Montford, a Travis County assistant district attorney at the time, promised to stay with them.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of assistant

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The most recent assassination was that of Juan Antonio López, a municipal councilman and the local Catholic bishop’s aide.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
In the race to replace City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield in the west San Fernando Valley, businessman Tim Gaspar reported bringing in nearly $584,000 during the runoff campaign, compared with about $287,000 for legislative aide Barri Worth Girvan.

— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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Yotova's main challenger is economist Andrei Gyurov, a former deputy governor of the central bank and caretaker prime minister who led the country in the early months of 2026.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
The video shows four deputies running after Garza along Interstate 10 in Palm Springs, with Garza facing the deputies several times while holding an object in his hands.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of deputy

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Get assistance with heating bills The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps qualified households with one-time financial assistance for heating and electricity bills, as well as emergency aid to prevent shut-offs.

— Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
After a detailed briefing with an ATI staff member, I was kitted out with a folder packed with maps, a Namibian cell phone pre-programmed with key contacts, and a first-aid kit.

— Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

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The company also let go head of film Dan Lin and his top lieutenant, Doug Belgrad, as well as director of original series Carolina Garcia.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Five days after Bela Bajaria was fired as Netflix‘s Chief Content Officer and replaced by Peter Rice, Ted Sarandos had nothing but kind words for his former loyal lieutenant, kinda.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026

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