adjutant

A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.

An assistant.

Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, family Ciconiidae, native to India and Southeast Asia.

Aquatic birds of various kinds are very numerous, such as geese, darters (Plotus melanogaster), scissor-bills (Rhynchops nigra), adjutants (Leptoptilos argala), pelicans, cormorants, cranes (Grus antigone, in Burmese gyoja), whimbrels, plovers, and ibises.

Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer.

adjutant officer