adjutants

noun

plural of adjutant
as in assistants
a person who helps a more skilled person the senator's adjutants and aides always arrive ahead of him on the campaign trail

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjutants
  1. assistants
  2. aides
  3. apprentices
  4. deputies
  5. aids
  6. lieutenants
Noun
  • The Angels fired former Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux and two of his assistants earlier Tuesday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Another feature is designated office space for the hall director and resident assistants meet with students in an area that is outside of their personal rooms.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of assistants
Noun
  • The school also has two additional former Castro students working as campus aides — and the pipeline may continue.
    — Melissa May, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • And the concept, in his eyes, isn’t exclusive to the relationship between disabled people and their aides.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of aides
Noun
  • With the money, the museum is able to sustain, among other things, an internship program for teaching apprentices and a speaker series.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026
  • City Colleges recently launched Chicago Moonshot, an apprenticeship initiative associated with the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park, where the district has committed to graduating hundreds of IT apprentices over the next five years.
    — Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of apprentices
Noun
  • Shortly after arrival at the hospital, deputies said that 8-year-old Camila Leon had succumbed to her injuries.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Among them were Broward County sheriff’s deputies who wanted photos and a trio of women who lamented they had been drawn into a new Republican-leaning district.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of deputies
Noun
  • The Hummer’s tech aids in overcoming obstacles created by its massive size.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 12 Aug. 2026
  • People are reaching for aids years earlier, and staying in work as a result.
    — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of aids
Noun
  • And [showrunners] Ned Martel and Charlie Carver were our lieutenants on the crowd who did a wonderful job.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Hampton and Adofo-Mensah have been among Marathe’s top lieutenants in the past, with Adofo-Mensah working under Marathe from 2013 to 2019 and Hampton joining the organization as an intern in 2003.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of lieutenants
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