aide
Americannoun
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an assistant or helper, especially a paid employee.
Years ago, my mom was a teacher’s aide in a kindergarten classroom.
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During the war she worked as an aide in a field hospital, changing bedpans and cleaning floors.
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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.
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The agency just called to say my mom's aide didn't show up this morning.
noun
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an assistant
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social welfare an unqualified assistant to a professional welfare worker
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short for aide-de-camp
Commonly Confused
See aid.
Etymology
Origin of aide
An Americanism first recorded in 1770–80; from French: literally, “helper”; aid
Example Sentences
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His aide said on Tuesday that Mahathir was taken to the National Heart Institute for "observation" after falling at home.
From Barron's
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday tapped the country’s military intelligence chief to replace a top political aide who was caught up in a corruption investigation that badly shook the government.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin's senior aide has held further talks with US officials over the phone, and that Russia has committed to continuing with the negotiations.
From BBC
A royal aide said this was a reference to the social impact of new technologies on communities, and that people might consider a "digital detox".
From BBC
“We will have to give the nation a budget as soon as possible in January,” Macron told ministers during a cabinet meeting Monday evening, according to a close presidential aide.
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