aide

[eyd]
noun
2.
an aide-de-camp.
3.
an assistant or helper, especially a confidential one.

Origin:
1770–80, Americanism; < French: helper; see aid

1. aid, aide (see usage note at aid) ; 2. aides, aids, AIDS.


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aide (eɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  an assistant
2.  social welfare an unqualified assistant to a professional welfare worker
3.  short for aide-de-camp

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aide
1777, short for aide-de-camp (1660s), from Fr., lit. "camp assistant."
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Example sentences
In one episode, an aide comes up to me and gives me some information.
One of his first duties was to select a provost, his top aide.
Information about nurse aide registry, qualification process.
Who should stop driving and who needs a home health aide.
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