Mil. Pl. aides-de-camp. [Fr., lit. camp-assistant: see AID sb. 7.] An officer who assists a general in his military duties, conveying his orders, and procuring him intelligence.
1670. Cotton, Espernon, III. XI. 578. The Duke … writ to St. Torse Aide de Camp, who commanded them.
1732. Lediard, Sethos, II. IX. 304. He declar’d him, from that instant, his aid-de-camp.
1808. Wellington, in Gurwood’s Desp., IV. 14. That spare room may be kept for my horses and those of my Aides-de-Camp.
1844. Queen’s Regul. & Ord. Army, 61. A Subaltern Officer is not eligible to hold the appointment of Aide-de-Camp, until he has been present with his Regiment at least two years.
