aide

[eyd] /eɪd/
noun
1.
nurse's aide.
2.
an aide-de-camp.
3.
an assistant or helper, especially a confidential one.
Origin
1770-80, Americanism; < French: helper; see aid
Can be confused
aid, aide (see usage note at aid)
aides, aids, AIDS.
Usage note
See aid.
Examples from the web for aide
  • When they ran out of tunes they were reprimanded by an aide.
  • Turned out they wanted me to act as an aide to the commodore.
  • The government has yet to recover from a corruption scandal earlier this year involving an aide.
  • The arrest of his brother's aide was the final straw.
  • Almost unnoticed, an aide clamps the arteries above and below the heart, and cuts.
  • Fearing that she might indeed attempt suicide, the aide gathered up all the firearms in the vicinity.
  • One of his first duties was to select a provost, his top aide.
  • Her security aide recounted how she cooked for them, and this is extraordinary in our feudal society, and remembered them.
  • Who should stop driving and who needs a home health aide.
  • In one episode, an aide comes up to me and gives me some information.
British Dictionary definitions for aide

aide

/eɪd/
noun
1.
an assistant
2.
(social welfare) an unqualified assistant to a professional welfare worker
3.
short for aide-de-camp
Word Origin and History for aide
n.

1777, short for aide-de-camp (1660s), French, literally "camp assistant" (see aid (n.)).