aide-de-camp

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/, /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkɒmp/
• (America) IPA: /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/

Noun

aide-de-camp

1. 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.

Translations

• French: aide de camp, adjudant
• German: Flügeladjutant, Aide-de-camp
• Portuguese: ajudante de campo
• Russian: адъюта́нт
• Spanish: edecán

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