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”).
- derived from aide de camp
Definitions
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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