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aide
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aide has 2 senses
- aide(n = noun.person) adjutant, aide-de-camp - an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer; Array has particulars: adjutant general
- aide(n = noun.person) auxiliary - someone who acts as assistant; Array is a kind of assistant, help, helper, supporter
is a kind of military officer, officer
has particulars: nurse's aide, nursing aide
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aide, n.
1 an aide-de-camp.
2 esp. US an assistant.
3 an unqualified assistant to a social worker.
1 an aide-de-camp.
2 esp. US an assistant.
3 an unqualified assistant to a social worker.
Etymology
abbr.
THESAURUS
aide
ADC, CO, OD, acolyte, adjutant, agent, aid, aide-de-camp, aider, ally, assistant, attendant, auxiliary, best man, brigadier, brigadier general, captain, chicken colonel, chief of staff, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress, coadjutrix, cohort, colleague, colonel, commandant, commander, commander in chief, commanding officer, commissioned officer, company officer, comrade, deputy, exec, executive officer, field marshal, field officer, first lieutenant, five-star general, four-star general, general, general officer, generalissimo, girl Friday, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, jemadar, junior officer, lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, major, major general, man Friday, marechal, marshal, officer, one-star general, orderly officer, paranymph, paraprofessional, partner, right hand, right-hand man, risaldar, second, senior officer, servant, shavetail, sideman, sirdar, staff officer, subahdar, subaltern, sublieutenant, supporting actor, supporting instrumentalist, the Old Man, the brass, three-star general, top brass, two-star general
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