adjutant

English Thesaurus

1. large Indian stork with a military gait (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	stork,
definition	:	large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus leptoptilus, leptoptilus,
definition	:	adjutant birds and marabous (noun.animal)

2. an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer (noun.person)

hypernym	:	military officer, officer,
definition	:	any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command (noun.person)

hyponym	:	adjutant general,
definition	:	a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer (noun.person)

domain category	:	armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine,
definition	:	the military forces of a nation (noun.group)