Definition of aide-de-camp Aide-de-camp
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What does aide-de-camp mean?
WordNet
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| aide-de-camp - an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer | ||
| adjutant, aide | ||
| military officer, officer any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men" | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- aide-de-camp (Noun)
A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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aide-de-camp
ād′-de-kong, n. an officer who carries the orders of a general on the field, and brings him intelligence:—pl. Aides′-de-camp. [Fr., assistant on the field.]
