We went along the road all night in the dark and the adjutant kept riding up alongside my kitchen and saying, “You must put it out.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
We were fifty kilometers from the front but the adjutant worried about the fire in my kitchen.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time
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Merriam-Webster
— a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence
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Macmillan
— a military officer who helps an officer of a higher rank by doing office work
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adjutants
Usage
2 uses of ‘adjutant’ in In Our Time, by Ernest Hemingway