aid-de-camp

[ eyd-duh-kamp ]

noun,plural aids-de-camp.
  1. a variant of aide-de-camp.

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How to use aid-de-camp in a sentence

  • The gentleman wore the dress of an aid-de-camp, and the major knew him to be one of the military family of Washington.

    The Spy | J. Fenimore Cooper
  • In the first year of the war he was made an aid-de-camp to General Washington and in that capacity was with him in this battle.

  • As aid-de-camp to the Duke of Berwick he experienced thrilling adventures in Flanders.

    A Roving Commission | G. A. Henty
  • His aid-de-camp was killed, but Bolivar's life was saved by the courage of his officers.

  • I remember exactly how he looked; he had his aid-de-camp with him.

    The White Rose of Memphis | William C. Falkner