aide-de-camp (redirected from aides-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-kom, aid-de-kom]

Noun

pl aides-de-camp a military officer serving as personal assistant to a senior [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 [ˈeɪddəˈkɔŋ] aide n (Mil) → Adjutant m

aide-de-camp [ˈeɪddəˈkɔŋ] n (MIL) → aiutante m di campo