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adjoint

deputy, assistant

noun ahd-ZHWAHN Rare
People & Society Government

Also means

adjunct

Usage Note

Adjoint is the standard title for a deputy in French administrative and political life: adjoint au maire (deputy mayor), directeur adjoint (assistant director). As an adjective it follows the noun: le maire adjoint. The feminine form is adjointe. Not to be confused with adjoint in mathematics, which means 'adjoint operator'.

Examples

"L'adjoint au maire a pris la parole."

Natural Translation

The deputy mayor took the floor.

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