aide-de-camp

aide-de-camp  (dd-kmp)

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.

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

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aide-de-camp, aid-de-camp [ˈeɪd də ˈkɒŋ]

n pl aides-de-camp, aids-de-camp

(Military) a military officer serving as personal assistant to a senior Abbreviation ADC

[from French: camp assistant]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

aide-de-camp - an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer adjutant, aide armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" adjutant general - a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer military officer, officer - any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command; "an officer is responsible for the lives of his men"

Translations

aide-de-camp [ˌeɪddəˈkɑ̃ːŋ] N (aides-de-camp (pl)) → edecán m

aide-de-camp [ˈeɪddəˈkɒm] n → aide m de camp

aide-de-camp

n pl <aides-de-camp>

(Mil) → Adjutant(in) m(f)

= aide

aide-de-camp [ˌeɪddəˈkɒŋ] n (Mil) → aiutante m di campo