aide-de-camp

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Unadapted borrowing from French aide de camp, from aide + de (of) + camp ((military) camp).

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aide-de-camp (plural aides-de-camp)

  1. 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.
    • 2024 November 19, Tiago Rogero, “Brazilian police arrest five over plot to assassinate Lula after 2022 election win”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
      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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