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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Who was the rather seedy-looking personage whom the aids-de-camp appeared so ready to accommodate?
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 441 Volume 17, New Series, June 12, 1852 by Robert Chambers
He has mounted a beautiful white horse; his aids-de-camp are by his side, followed by his generals.
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
He had as his aids-de-camp Messrs. Phillips, Chilton, and Radcliff, of the District Bar, each knowing well his Honor the Judge and the rest of the court.
From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore
Major Bliss, assistant adjutant-general, Captain J. H. Eaton, and Lieutenant R. S. Garnett, aids-de-camp, served near my person, and were prompt and zealous in the discharge of every duty.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
My staff, Colonel Snelling, Colonel Gardner, Major Jones, and my aids-de-camp, Major Austin and Lieutenant Armstrong, were, as usual, zealous, intelligent, and active; they performed every duty required of them to my entire satisfaction.
From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart
