Aide-De-Camp – A military officer who serves as a personal assistant to a senior officer

(Pronounced eyd-duh-camp)

To remember the definition of the word aide-de-camp, use the following mnemonic:

The junior officer aids the general when they go camping (aid-de-camp). His job is to assist him every day. 

Examples of aide-de-camp in a sentence

He saw very little combat during the war as he was the aide-de-camp to a high ranking officer. 

She needed to find a new aide-de-camp as her current one was absolutely useless. 

The assassination attempt on the general was thwarted, surprisingly, by his aid-de-camp.