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AIDES

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aide

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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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Aides is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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Word Origin & History

aide
1777, short for aide-de-camp (1660s), from Fr., lit. "camp assistant."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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