aide-de-camp

noun
/ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/UK/ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/US

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aide de camp, from aide + de (“of”) + camp (“[military] camp”).

  1. derived from aide de camp

Definitions

  1. A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other…

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

    • Unlike the orderly or batman, a humble low-ranking servant, an aide-de-camp is often a general, who before the institution of the chief of staff could hold a similar position to his chief.
    • The police uncovered the plot after recovering information from the phone of Bolsonaro’s former personal secretary, Lt Col Mauro Cid, who served as Bolsonaro’s aide-de-camp during his 2019–2023 presidency.

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