AIDE-DE-CAMP (aides-de-camp)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: aides-de-camp   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does aide-de-camp mean? 

• AIDE-DE-CAMP (noun)
  The noun AIDE-DE-CAMP has 1 sense:

1. an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

  Familiarity information: AIDE-DE-CAMP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIDE-DE-CAMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp

Hypernyms ("aide-de-camp" is a kind of...):

military officer; officer (any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aide-de-camp"):

adjutant general (a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer)