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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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Word History and Origins

Origin of aide1

An Americanism first recorded in 1770–80; from French: literally, “helper”; aid
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Pope Francis refused to heed advice to slow down in his final few years, preferring to "die with his boots on", according to a close aide.

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US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin had "constructive" talks in Moscow on Friday lasting three hours, according to an aide of Putin's.

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At least one former top aide to Hegseth has gone public with complaints about his leadership.

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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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