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He also wisely chose as his aides-de-camp a pair of young go-getters, Mike Tamburro and Lou Schwechheimer, both eager to sell pregame tickets and pick up postgame trash to make the venture work.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2015

The Governor-General had come with his aides-de-camp and his wife with her lady-in-waiting, Mrs. George Pape.

From Time Magazine Archive

Immaculate aides-de-camp leaped quickly from the car to help, but the grief-stricken couple shook their heads.

From Time Magazine Archive

For half an hour, while friends stood on chairs to watch the ceremony, they presented cards to aides-de-camp, who announced them in precise British accents.

From Time Magazine Archive

And, so saying, he led them up to the table, and presented them to the circle as Lord Beauclerc and Sir Edward Trevor, aides-de-camp to General Wilson.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various