aide
Americannoun
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an assistant or helper, especially a paid employee.
Years ago, my mom was a teacher’s aide in a kindergarten classroom.
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During the war she worked as an aide in a field hospital, changing bedpans and cleaning floors.
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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.
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The agency just called to say my mom's aide didn't show up this morning.
noun
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an assistant
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social welfare an unqualified assistant to a professional welfare worker
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short for aide-de-camp
Commonly Confused
See aid.
Etymology
Origin of aide
An Americanism first recorded in 1770–80; from French: literally, “helper”; aid
Example Sentences
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A federal judge ruled that diaries of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong’s aide Li Rui can remain at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.
The aide said Prince William's "commitment to the Church of England is sometimes quieter than people expect, and for that reason it is not always fully understood".
From BBC
After the fire, Bass and an aide asked her to stay on, Hudley Hayes said.
From Los Angeles Times
Porter slightly rebounded after a dip in polling in the fall after videos emerged of her berating an aide and a reporter.
From Los Angeles Times
The aide said the home-boost provision is “part of the bill’s design to ensure housing ends up in the hands of people eventually.”
From Barron's
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