Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An assistant; a helper.
- noun An aide-de-camp.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
aide-de-camp .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
assistant . - noun military An
officer who acts as assistant to a moresenior one; anaide-de-camp .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who acts as assistant
- noun an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Former McCain aide is telling the Republicans to back same-sex marriage.
Short Takes 2009
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Why am I not surprised that an Obama aide is accepting of an anti-military stance from a college admin?
Obama aide defends Kagan over DADT, military recruiting 2010
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Considering how unlikely that is, the aide is being perfectly reasonable.
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Why am I not surprised that an Obama aide is accepting of an anti-military stance from a college admin?
Obama aide defends Kagan over DADT, military recruiting 2010
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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.
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Reuters Putin aide Sergei Sobyanin, seen in a 2005 photo, is on the short list.
Russia Lists Prospects for Moscow Mayor Gregory L. White 2010
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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - McCain aide pushes back on Palin quotes « - Blogs from CNN. com
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An Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein aide Tariq Aziz to death for his role in the torture and killings of Shiite Islamist party members.
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First on the Ticker: Bush, Palin aide disputes book claims
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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 2010
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