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aide-de-camp

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aide-de-camp

  [eyd-duh-kamp]
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–noun, plural aides-de-camp.
a subordinate military or naval officer acting as a confidential assistant to a superior, usually to a general officer or admiral.
Also, aid-de-camp.

Origin:
1660–70; < F: lit., camp helper; see aid, de, camp
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aide-de-camp   (ād'dĭ-kāmp')   
n.   pl. aides-de-camp Abbr. ADC
A military officer acting as secretary and confidential assistant to a superior officer of general or flag rank.

[French : aide, assistant + de, of + camp, camp.]
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