aide

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noun

nurse's aide.
an aide-de-camp.
an assistant or helper, especially a confidential one.

Origin of aide

1770–80, Americanism; < French: helper; see aid

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Usage note

See aid.

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Examples from the Web for aides

Contemporary Examples

Not only would Moses not speak to him, neither would family members, friends, aides, city officials, or state officials.
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Aides quickly stopped the conversation, which one previously described in testimony as “a train wreck.”
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August 22, 2014
They gathered in a small conference room surrounded by a couple of aides and divided up who would take which questions.
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August 18, 2014
But officials and Senate aides said the report contains information on several more locations.
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Josh Rogin, Eli Lake
August 7, 2014
The best we mere doctors usually hope for is time with aides of varying seniority.
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July 23, 2014

Historical Examples

Turning to his aides he said, "Come gentlemen," and they followed him into the farmhouse.
The Shining Cow
Alex James
Then they break into platoons, and are inspected, man by man, by the adjutant and his aides.
Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885
Various
The Captain let his glance wander about from one to another of his aides.
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G. Harvey Ralphson
Perhaps the aides carrying them were among the slain, perhaps this, perhaps that.
The Long Roll
Mary Johnston
That will allow for two aides de camp and a private secretary.
General John Regan
George A. Birmingham

British Dictionary definitions for aides

aide

noun

an assistant
social welfare an unqualified assistant to a professional welfare worker
short for aide-de-camp

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for aides

aide

n.

1777, short for aide-de-camp (1660s), French, literally "camp assistant" (see aid (n.)).

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Usage note

Examples from the Web for aides

Contemporary Examples

Not only would Moses not speak to him, neither would family members, friends, aides, city officials, or state officials.

Aides quickly stopped the conversation, which one previously described in testimony as “a train wreck.”

They gathered in a small conference room surrounded by a couple of aides and divided up who would take which questions.

But officials and Senate aides said the report contains information on several more locations.

The best we mere doctors usually hope for is time with aides of varying seniority.

Historical Examples

Turning to his aides he said, "Come gentlemen," and they followed him into the farmhouse.

Then they break into platoons, and are inspected, man by man, by the adjutant and his aides.

The Captain let his glance wander about from one to another of his aides.

Perhaps the aides carrying them were among the slain, perhaps this, perhaps that.

That will allow for two aides de camp and a private secretary.

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Word Origin and History for aides

aide

n.

Origin of aide