aide
an assistant or helper, especially a paid employee: Years ago, my mom was a teacher’s aide in a kindergarten classroom.
nurse's aide: During the war she worked as an aide in a field hospital, changing bedpans and cleaning floors.
an assistant or advisor to a public figure, especially one who works for a person in public office:He is a journalist and former White House aide.
home health aide: The agency just called to say my mom's aide didn't show up this morning.
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How to use aide in a sentence
“Poor Steve Scalise is getting a bad rap,” Knight, a long-time aide to former KKK leader David Duke, told The Daily Beast.
As part of the MassEquality coalition, Marc Solomon, a former Senate aide, was working to get Bay State legislators to vote no.
The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality | E.J. Graff | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen she cajoled an aide, standing next to her, to provide particulars.
Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, a longtime disability advocate, has made HCBS a priority, a Harkin aide told The Daily Beast.
Medicaid Will Give You Money for At-Home Care, but You Might Wait Years | Elizabeth Picciuto | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn Monday, there were only two issues "that should be resolved tonight," the aide said.
Meanwhile, he had been selected as aide-de-camp by General d'Ure de Molans.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThe Marshal never forgave the aide-de-camp who had thus urged him to spend his money.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonHis excellency took one end of the table, and an aide-de-camp the other: I was seated between M. and Madame do Rego.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamAs he did so a dozen Boers dashed out of the kopje, and aide opened fire on them, which caused the Boers to fire a volley at him.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) | A. G. HalesThe aide-de-camp of Calvin and Theodore de Beze contrasted admirably with the son of the furrier.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for aide
/ (eɪd) /
an assistant
social welfare an unqualified assistant to a professional welfare worker
short for aide-de-camp
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