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Definition of Aide-de-camp
1. Noun. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
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
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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