aide-de-camp

or aid-de-camp

[ eyd-duh-kamp ]

noun

, plural aides-de-camp.

1. a subordinate military or naval officer acting as a confidential assistant to a superior, usually to a general officer or admiral.

aide-de-camp

/ ˈeɪd də ˈkɒŋ /

noun

1. a military officer serving as personal assistant to a senior ADC

Word History and Origins

Origin of aide-de-camp¹

1660–70; < French: literally, camp helper; aid, de, camp ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of aide-de-camp¹

C17: from French: camp assistant

Example Sentences

They were called to testify at Police headquarters in Brasilia, along with Bolsonaro's former aide-de-camp Mauro Cid, his father, a retired army general, and another military officer that was a presidential aide.

From Reuters

He was aide-de-camp to the ousted leader's father, Omar Bongo, who ruled for almost 42 years until his death in 2009.

From BBC

Randolph was well-known to Washington; in fact, he was Washington's former aide-de-camp and his lawyer, as well as lawyer to other prominent Virginians.

From Salon

Burger had been loaned as an aide-de-camp to the head of the medical division of the storm troopers, a former Olympian athlete and doctor named Emil Ketterer.

From Literature

Dr. Darron Lewis, who is completing a fellowship specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry and serves as Dr. Vinson’s aide-de-camp, said, “It’s not that he’s a bad kid.”

From New York Times