aide-de-camp
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aide-de-camp
- /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/ UK
- /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkɒmp/ UK
- /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/ US
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Unadapted borrowing from French aide de camp, from aide + de (“of”) + camp (“[military] camp”).
noun aides-de-camp · ADC · aid-de-camp
- A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary. Unlike the orderly or batman, a humble low-ranking servant, an aide-de-camp is often a general, who before the institution of the chief of staff could hold a similar position to his chief.
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noun military officer
| Español | edecán |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 부관 bugwan |
| 日本語 | 副官 |
| 中文 | 副官 fùguān |
| Português | ajudante de campo |
| Français | aide de camp, adjudant |
| Deutsch | Flügeladjutant, Aide-de-camp |
| Ελληνικά | υπασπιστής ypaspistís |
| Română | adjutant, aghiotant |
| Русский | адъюта́нт adʺjutánt |
| עברית | שָׁלִישׁ אִישִׁי shalísh ishí |
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