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

In a filing posted Wednesday, Israel said Khan’s decision to seek the warrant in May 2024 may have been influenced by allegations made by an aide weeks earlier.

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The former official said a top Noem aide told them the governor would be angry if Yoho’s company didn’t win the contract.

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According to him, in August 2023, his aide returned to Japan to visit his family, and returned to Budapest three weeks later "a changed man", tense, and unfriendly.

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For the next few years Buzzard and Melodee lived near family in Santa Maria, where Buzzard worked as a special education aide at a local school, according to Denes.

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An aide to Sudani said there is no evidence of such arrangements with the militias.

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Related Words

• assistant 
• deputy 
• supporter