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AIDE-DE-CAMP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: aides-de-camp   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("aide-de-camp" is a kind of...):

military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aide-de-camp"):

adjutant general (a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer)

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