The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aid-de-camp
Aid-de-camp \Aid"-de-camp`\, n.; pl. Aids-de-camp. . [F. aide de camp (literally) camp assistant.] (Mil.) An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.
Wiktionary
aid-de-camp
n. (dated form of aide-de-camp English)
Usage examples of "aid-de-camp".
Madame Campan had spent an evening in packing up jewels, and sent warning to Gouvion, an aid-de-camp of La Fayette, and to Bailly, the mayor, that the queen at last was preparing to flee.