" adjutant "

[Noun]  | "ad*ju*tant" | \ ˈa-jə-tənt \

1: a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence

2: one who helps : assistant

Origin: 1539 ;

 Borrowed from Latin adjūtant-, adjūtans, present participle of adjūtāre "to help," probably after Spanish ayudante "assistant, aide, officer appointed as an aide" (noun derivative of present participle of ayudar "to help, aid," going back to Latin adjūtāre) {mat|aid:1|};

[Noun]  | "adjutant general" 

1: the chief administrative officer of an army who is responsible especially for the administration and preservation of personnel records

2: the chief administrative officer of a major military unit (such as a division or corps)

Origin: 1644 ;

[Noun]  | "adjutant"