aide-de-camp

English

Alternative forms

commonly abbreviated to ADC, an initialisation

Etymology

French, itself from aide 'aide' + de 'of' camp '(military) camp'

Noun

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.

Translations

military officer

Dutch: vleugeladjudant (nl) m. Esperanto: adjutanto (eo) French: aide de camp (fr) m., adjudant (fr) m.

German: Flügeladjutant (de) m. Russian: адъюта́нт (ru) (ad”jutánt) m. Spanish: edecan (es) m.

See also

• equerry