aide-de-camp

English

Alternative forms

• ADC
• aid-de-camp (dated)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aide de camp, from aide + de (“of”) + camp (“(military) camp”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/, /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkɒmp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪd dɪ ˈkæmp/

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.

   • 2024 November 19, Tiago Rogero, “Brazilian police arrest five over plot to assassinate Lula after 2022 election win”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The police uncovered the plot after recovering information from the phone of Bolsonaro’s former personal secretary, Lt Col Mauro Cid, who served as Bolsonaro’s aide-de-camp during his 2019–2023 presidency.

Derived terms

• aide-de-campship

Translations

military officer

Armenian: համհարզ (hy) (hamharz) Belarusian: ад'юта́нт m (adʺjutánt) Chinese: Mandarin: 副官 (zh) (fùguān) Danish: adjunkt c Dutch: vleugeladjudant (nl) m Esperanto: adjutanto (eo) Finnish: adjutantti (fi) French: aide de camp (fr) m, adjudant (fr) m German: Flügeladjutant (de) m, Aide-de-camp m Greek: υπασπιστής (el) m (ypaspistís) Hausa: ēdīsì m Hebrew: שָׁלִישׁ אִישִׁי (shalísh ishí) Japanese: 副官 (ja) (ふくかん, fukukan, ふっかん, fukkan) Korean: 부관(副官) (ko) (bugwan) Latin: optiō m Macedonian: аѓута́нт m (aǵutánt) Malay: adikong (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: adjutant (no) m Polish: adiutant (pl) m, adiutantka (pl) f Portuguese: ajudante de campo m Romanian: adjutant (ro) m, aghiotant (ro) m Russian: адъюта́нт (ru) m (adʺjutánt) Spanish: edecán (es) m Turkish: yaver (tr) Ukrainian: ад'юта́нт (uk) m (adʺjutánt)

See also

• equerry