aide-mémoire

“Poor Steve Scalise is getting a bad rap,” Knight, a long-time aide to former KKK leader David Duke, told The Daily Beast.
GOP Boss Gets Help From ‘White Hate’ Pal|Tim Mak|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As part of the MassEquality coalition, Marc Solomon, a former Senate aide, was working to get Bay State legislators to vote no.
The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality|E.J. Graff|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then she cajoled an aide, standing next to her, to provide particulars.
CIA Torture Report ‘Days’ Away, Feinstein Says|Tim Mak|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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 Years|Elizabeth Picciuto|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On Monday, there were only two issues "that should be resolved tonight," the aide said.
CIA Torture Report ‘Days’ Away, Feinstein Says|Tim Mak|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, he had been selected as aide-de-camp by General d'Ure de Molans.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The Marshal never forgave the aide-de-camp who had thus urged him to spend his money.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Mais c'est chose digne de memoire que cet homme mourant avoit touiours le sacr nom de Iesvs en la bouche.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
His excellency took one end of the table, and an aide-de-camp the other: I was seated between M. and Madame do Rego.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
As he did so a dozen Boers dashed out of the kopje, and Aide opened fire on them, which caused the Boers to fire a volley at him.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900)|A. G. Hales

British Dictionary definitions for aide-mémoire

aide-mémoire

/ French (ɛdmemwar, English ˈeɪd mɛmˈwɑː) /

noun plural aides-mémoire (ɛdmemwar, English ˈeɪdz mɛmˈwɑː)

a note serving as a reminder

a summarized diplomatic communication

Word Origin for aide-mémoire

from aider to help + mémoire memory

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