aide

[ eyd ]

noun

1. an assistant or helper, especially a paid employee:

   Years ago, my mom was a teacher’s aide in a kindergarten classroom.

2. nurse's aide:

   During the war she worked as an aide in a field hospital, changing bedpans and cleaning floors.

3. aide-de-camp.
4. an assistant or advisor to a public figure, especially one who works for a person in public office:

   He is a journalist and former White House aide.

5. home health aide:

   The agency just called to say my mom's aide didn't show up this morning.

aide

/ eɪd /

noun

1. an assistant
2. social welfare an unqualified assistant to a professional welfare worker
3. short for aide-de-camp

Confusables Note

See aid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aide¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1770–80; from French: literally, “helper”; aid

Example Sentences

Nazarian, a former state Assembly member and former aide to Krekorian, said in a phone call Tuesday that he was “tired” but in “great spirits.”

From Los Angeles Times

Sources close to the transition confirmed Miller, who served as a senior aide during Trump’s first term — and has since created the American First Legal Foundation, a nonprofit based on challenging policies of the Biden administration through litigation — is anticipated to be named deputy chief of staff.

From Salon

Soon after, she entered politics, serving as a White House domestic policy adviser under President George W Bush and eventually becoming a senior aide to Bush chief of staff Joshua Bolten.

From BBC

Those moves “would turn much of the civil service into an army of suck-ups,” Robert Shea, a former aide to President George W. Bush, told me this year.

From Los Angeles Times

“We ran the best campaign we could, considering Joe Biden was president,” said one unnamed aide.

From BBC

Related Words

• assistant
• deputy
• supporter