Definition of Aide-de-camp

1. Noun. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.

Exact synonyms: Adjutant, Aide
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Specialized synonyms: Adjutant General
Generic synonyms: Military Officer, Officer

Definition of Aide-de-camp

1. Noun. A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aide-de-camp

aiblins
aibohphobia
aichmophobia
aid
aid-major
aid-majors
aid and abet
aid climbing
aid station
aid to families with dependent children
aid worker
aidance
aidances
aidant
aide
aide-de-camp (current term)
aide-memoire
aide-mémoire
aide-mémoires
aide dog
aided
aided and abetted
aided awareness
aider
aiders
aides
aides-de-camp
aidful
aiding
aiding and abetting

Literary usage of Aide-de-camp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"M. MITCHEL, Aide-de-Camp. One of the first acts of General Canby after taking command was, to require all persons domiciled in the States of North and South ..."

2. Art in America by Frederick Fairchild Sherman (1921)
"been in the army, and was aide-de-camp to General Burgoyne in the American war, 1777; later in life he was for many years Governor and Constable of Windsor ..."

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