Meaning

2 senses
  1. An assistant.

    someone who acts as assistant

  2. An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.

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

Examples

6 sentences
  1. The dictator had the absolute loyalty of all his aides.

    deDer Diktator besaß die völlige Loyalität seiner Gehilfen.

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  2. One of my aides had pneumonia last week.

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  3. I don't have an aide to help me.

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  4. The aide suggested a change in tactics to him.

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  5. An aide told reporters, off the record, that the senator had been lying.

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Origin

Borrowed from French aide ("aid; assistant", as in aide-de-camp (“field assistant”)). More

Borrowed from French aide ("aid; assistant", as in aide-de-camp (“field assistant”)). More at aid.

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Forms

plural: aides
Singularaide
Pluralaides

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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