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aide

[ eyd ]

noun

  1. an assistant or helper, especially a paid employee:

    Years ago, my mom was a teacher’s aide in a kindergarten classroom.

  2. During the war she worked as an aide in a field hospital, changing bedpans and cleaning floors.

  3. an assistant or advisor to a public figure, especially one who works for a person in public office:

    He is a journalist and former White House aide.

  4. The agency just called to say my mom's aide didn't show up this morning.



aide

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. an assistant
  2. social welfare an unqualified assistant to a professional welfare worker
  3. short for aide-de-camp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Confusables Note

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of aide1

An Americanism first recorded in 1770–80; from French: literally, “helper”; aid
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Instead, they were delivered in the middle of their meeting by a Bukele aide.

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The four justices who dissented against Trump are women, so William Wolfe, former aide to Al Mohler, used it as evidence that women cannot be trusted with power.

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has named a new deputy mayor for public safety, installing former FBI official Robert Clark as her top aide overseeing police and fire issues.

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Since then, he said, he’s worked in the jails, been a chief’s executive aide, served as spokesman under the last administration and currently is watch commander at the Palmdale sheriff’s station.

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“I don’t see it yet,” the aide said, granted anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, “but down the road, it’s possible.”

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