aide
noun
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Pronunciation: /eɪd/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French aide ("aid; assistant", as in aide-de-camp (“field assistant”)). More at aid.
- An assistant.
“The aide rides, along with the president's physician, in the “control car,” third in line in the motorcade.”
“Weiner and his aides dismissed such talk as idle political insiderism […]”
- An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.