aide

[eyd]

noun

1. an assistant or helper, especially a paid employee.

   Years ago, my mom was a teacher’s aide in a kindergarten classroom.

2. nurse's aide.

   During the war she worked as an aide in a field hospital, changing bedpans and cleaning floors.

3. aide-de-camp.

4. 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.

5. home health aide.

   The agency just called to say my mom's aide didn't show up this morning.

aide

/ eɪd /

noun

1. an assistant

2. social welfare an unqualified assistant to a professional welfare worker

3. short for aide-de-camp

Confusables Note

See aid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aide¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1770–80; from French: literally, “helper”; aid

Example Sentences

He made other calls that morning and eventually borrowed a total of around £8,500 from his office manager and another aide.

From BBC

One aide exclaimed, "Oh my god, Charlie Kirk has been shot!" - drawing gasps from colleagues.

From BBC

“When I got ‘The Office’ I was acting, but I was still babysitting, I was also a teacher’s aide, and I was waiting tables,” he recalls.

From Los Angeles Times

An aide to Paudel told Reuters news agency the president had accepted the resignation and begun the "process and discussions for a new leader".

From BBC

First elected in 2010, she was previously a parliamentary aide to former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and is seen as on the right of the party.

From BBC

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