aide-de-camp

• ADC

Borrowed from French aide-de-camp, from aide + de (“of”) + camp (“(military) camp”)

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/, /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkɒmp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/

aide-de-camp (plural aides-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.

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