Aide-de-camp

/ˈeɪddəkˈæmp/

[noun]

Aide-de-camp

[NOUN]

an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

synonyms : adjutant

aide

Examples

1. Aide-de-camp is like a fancy word for secretary.

2. One such officer was the Marquis de Castries, a former aide-de-camp of Davout, now stationed in Namur, whose staff included a former Cuirassier, Frédéric Rilliet.

3. And then guess who else is also an aide-de-camp around this time?

4. They formed a friendship, and when Napoleon was given command of the French army in Italy, he took Major Marmont with him as an aide-de-camp.