aide-de-camp

Noun

Meaning

an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

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aide de camp

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An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death. Avicenna

Found only in English A Canadian aide-de-camp ; aide-de-camp : "camp assistant"; in the army, a military assistant to a senior military officer (heads of State are considered military officers because of their status as head of the army). Source: Internet

Then Justice Minister Mwenze Kongolo and Laurent-Désiré Kabila's aide-de-camp Eddy Kapend have reported that Laurent Kabila had told them that his son Joseph, then number two of the army, should take over, if Laurent-Désiré Kabila were to die in office. Source: Internet

During the subsequent period up to 1899, the moral head of the tribe was a certain Rebouka but Abdullah Ndaka, Sabun’s aide-de-camp, secured for himself the power with the help of the Daju of Dar Sila, who waged a bloody war against Abdullah’s opponents. Source: Internet

He still saw action, however, as an aide-de-camp to General Washington, who retained a high opinion of him. Source: Internet

McLane immediately assigned the daily secretary work to another man and tapped Irving to fill the role of aide-de-camp. Source: Internet

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