Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An aide-de-camp.
- n. An assistant; a helper: a nurse's aide. See Synonyms at assistant.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as aide-de-camp.
Wiktionary
- n. An assistant.
- n. military An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who acts as assistant
- n. an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
Etymologies
- From French aider ("to help"), from Latin adiuvō ("I help"). (Wiktionary)
- French, from aider, to aid; see aid. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Former McCain aide is telling the Republicans to back same-sex marriage.”
“Why am I not surprised that an Obama aide is accepting of an anti-military stance from a college admin?”
“Considering how unlikely that is, the aide is being perfectly reasonable.”
“CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - McCain aide pushes back on Palin quotes « - Blogs from CNN. com”
“First on the Ticker: Bush, Palin aide disputes book claims”
“The average salary of a Congressional aide is over twice the federal poverty level for a family of four: let new hires buy their own darn health insurance policies.”
Congressional Democrats muck up Congressional insurance coverage. | RedState
“A senior Kremlin aide all but ruled out one of the most potent weapons that hawks in the U.S. want to include in any international sanctions: gasoline and other refined petroleum products.”
“Reuters Putin aide Sergei Sobyanin, seen in a 2005 photo, is on the short list.”
The Wall Street Journal: Russia Lists Prospects for Moscow Mayor
“An Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein aide Tariq Aziz to death for his role in the torture and killings of Shiite Islamist party members.”
“Politerati: Palin aide calls Bill Maher a 'misogynist”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘aide’.
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Dramatic Nouns
Nouns to be used as descriptions while writing stories
night owl, early bird, hedonist, ascetic, derelict, explorer, radical, pity friend, cupid, truant, caretaker, guardian and 120 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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Trusty Assistants
right-hand man, amanuensis, moonshee, man Friday, PDA, famulus, aide, lieutenant, deputy, Man Friday, girl Friday, reading-boy and 25 more...
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Actual and Spectulative Sburb Classes
A list of all known Heroic Classes available to players of the game Sburb within the Homestuck universe, as well as any other words I can think of which would theoretically adhere to the known guid...
heir, seer, knight, witch, maid, page, thief, mage, rogue, sylph, prince, bard and 116 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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Vowel Rich
Scrabble List: vowel dumps
aeon, aero, agee, agio, ague, aide, akee, alee, alae, aloe, amia, amie and 67 more...
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