aide-de-camp

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aide-de-camp, from aide + de (of) + camp ((military) camp).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/, /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkɒmp/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/

Noun

aide-de-camp (plural aides-de-camp)

  1. A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary.
    Unlike the orderly or batman, a humble low-ranking servant, an aide-de-camp is often a general, who before the institution of the chief of staff could hold a similar position to his chief.

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