Meanings
plural aides · alternative aid
- An assistant.
Weiner and his aides dismissed such talk as idle political insiderism […]
2009 January 13, Michael Barbaro, Raymond Hernandez, “Sounding Like a Rival, Weiner Attacks Bloomberg”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Mar 20211 more example
The aide rides, along with the president's physician, in the “control car,” third in line in the motorcade.
1994, Herbert L. Abrams, The President Has Been Shot: Confusion, Disability, and the 25th Amendment, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 126 - governmentAn officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchaide
- Englishaide
Borrowed from French aide ("aid; assistant", as in aide-de-camp (“field assistant”)). More at aid.
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aide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aide
“aide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aide. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aide.
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