Definition of "aide-de-camp" [aide-de-camp]

• A military officer acting as secretary and confidential assistant to a superior officer of general or flag rank. (noun)

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• "Learning that it was the mother of the bride, he called his aide-de-camp, General Losoi, and said, “Fetch me a man capable of committing any crime from theft to murder.”"
• "As an artillery officer of cool daring and efficiency, he caught George Washington's notice, joined his staff as aide-de-camp at age 22, and became for much of the next 16 years his right-hand man in war and peace."
• "He was fort adjutant and aide-de-camp to the Governor-General, Lord Auckland, and left the Indian army with the rank of captain."