Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun adjutant

2 senses of adjutant

Sense 1
adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp -- (an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer)
       => military officer, officer -- (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men")

Sense 2
adjutant bird, adjutant, adjutant stork, Leptoptilus dubius -- (large Indian stork with a military gait)
       => stork -- (large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage)