aide
[eyd]
- nurse's aide.
- an aide-de-camp.
- an assistant or helper, especially a confidential one.
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Origin of aide
Usage note
See aid.
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Examples from the Web for aide
Contemporary Examples
As part of the MassEquality coalition, Marc Solomon, a former Senate aide, was working to get Bay State legislators to vote no.
Then 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 YearsElizabeth Picciuto
December 2, 2014
On Monday, there were only two issues "that should be resolved tonight," the aide said.
Nevertheless, Brian Rogers, a McCain aide pushed back against UANI, calling the Rio Tinto-Iran connection “a red herring.”
Historical Examples
An aide arrived with an order to Hertford, and then he loosed his eager cavalry.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
“We ought to be in the City of Mexico in a day or two, sir,” resumed the aide.
The StrollersFrederic S. Isham
Jeffords and the aide bided here on the heights with the Indians.
When the West Was YoungFrederick R. Bechdolt
At the usual hour, his aide, coming for orders, rapped at his door.
The DestroyerBurton Egbert Stevenson
There was no answer, and, opening the door, the aide glanced inside.
The DestroyerBurton Egbert Stevenson
aide
- an assistant
- social welfare an unqualified assistant to a professional welfare worker
- short for aide-de-camp
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Word Origin and History for aide
n.
1777, short for aide-de-camp (1660s), French, literally "camp assistant" (see aid (n.)).
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