[そうむ, soumu] (n) general affairs; general business; manager; director; adjutant general; (P) #1,712[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Adjutant \Ad"ju*tant\, n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to
help. See {Aid}.]
1. A helper; an assistant.
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2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the
colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment,
in the details of regimental and garrison duty.
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{Adjutant general}
(a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army,
through whom the commanding general receives
communications and issues military orders. In the U.
S. army he is brigadier general.
(b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of
fathers, who resided with the general of the order,
each of whom had a province or country assigned to his
care.
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3. (Zool.) A species of very large stork ({Ciconia argala}),
a native of India; -- called also the {gigantic crane},
and by the native name {argala}. It is noted for its
serpent-destroying habits.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjutant general
n 1: a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
