aide
//eɪd//
Forms
- Plural
- aides
Definitions
1.An assistant.
- The aide rides, along with the president's physician, in the “control car,” third in line in the motorcade.
2.An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3909
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Borrowed from French aide ("aid; assistant", as in aide-de-camp (“field assistant”)).
More at aid.