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AIDE-DE-CAMP
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Irregular inflected form: aides-de-camp
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
Synonyms:
Classified under:
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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