aid-de-camp
noun
a variant of aide-de-camp.
aids-de-camp
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pluralof aid-de-camp.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The pages are lounging; the aids-de-camp are gone; already is silence creeping over that vast gallery of old historic remembrances.
From Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire by Mary Robinson
The Colonel reprehended them sharply, suspended them, and struck them out of the list of aids-de-camp of the General.
From An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. by Martinez de Zuniga
If you like, I will get you a commission and appoint you one of my aids-de-camp.
From With Lee in Virginia A Story of the American Civil War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
My aids-de-camp, Lieutenant O'Fallon and Captain Todd, of the line, and my volunteer aids, John Speed Smith and John Chambers, Esquires, have rendered me the most important services from the opening of the campaign.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
About twelve o'clock the President, in full uniform, attended by his aids-de-camp, paid me a visit, and sat about half an hour, very amiable as usual.
From Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Robert A. Wilson
