Aide-de-camp
21aide-de-camp — [ˌeɪddə kɒaide de camp] noun (plural aides de camp pronunciation same) a military officer acting as a confidential assistant to a senior officer. Origin C17: from Fr., camp adjutant …
22aide-de-camp — noun 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 …
23Aide-de-camp to the Emperor of Japan — In Japan, the nihongo|aide de camp to the Emperor|侍従武官|jiju bukan is a special military official whose primary duties are to report military affairs to the Emperor and act as a close attendant (chamberlain). From 1896 through to 1945, a small… …
24Aide-de-Camp General — One of the several categories of aides de camp to the Monarch in the United Kingdom is styled Aide de Camp General. These are honorary appointments for senior British Army generals, first made in 1910. There were originally four, but the number… …
25aide-de-camp — n attache, Mil. adjutant, adjutant general, deputy, aide, staff or subordinate officer, camp assistant, Chiefly U.S. aid de camp, ADC …
26aide de camp — (French) camp assistant , military officer, adjutant; civilian aide …
27aide-de-camp — [[t]ˈeɪd dəˈkæmp[/t]] n. pl. aides de camp [[t]ˈeɪdz [/t]] mil a subordinate military officer acting as a confidential assistant, esp. to a general or admiral • Etymology: 1660–70; < F: lit., camp helper …
28aide-de-camp — pl. aides de camp …
29aide-de-camp — (ehd deu KAHN) [French: camp helper] A military or naval officer acting as a personal assistant to a senior officer …
30aide-de-camp — noun plural aides de camp (same pronunciation) (C) a military officer who helps an officer of a higher rank to do his duties …
