aide-de-camp
or aid-de-camp
a subordinate military or naval officer acting as a confidential assistant to a superior, usually to a general officer or admiral.
Origin of aide-de-camp
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How to use aide-de-camp in a sentence
Gow was Aide De Camp General to the Queen from 1981 to 1984.
She tried the direct, how-do-you-do handshake approach, but was blocked by a burly aide-de-camp.
Andrew Cuomo Can't Ignore It Now: He's Weak Even at Home | David Freedlander | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMeanwhile, he had been selected as aide-de-camp by General d'Ure de Molans.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThe Marshal never forgave the aide-de-camp who had thus urged him to spend his money.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonHis excellency took one end of the table, and an aide-de-camp the other: I was seated between M. and Madame do Rego.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Graham
The aide-de-camp of Calvin and Theodore de Beze contrasted admirably with the son of the furrier.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacHe sent a portion of his baggage on at once, and went on to Varna, attended by his aide-de-camp, Captain Pearson.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard Russell
British Dictionary definitions for aide-de-camp
aid-de-camp
/ (ˈeɪd də ˈkɒŋ) /
a military officer serving as personal assistant to a senior: Abbreviation: ADC
Origin of aide-de-camp
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