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aide

[eyd]

noun

  1. an assistant or helper, especially a paid employee.

    Years ago, my mom was a teacher’s aide in a kindergarten classroom.

  2. nurse's aide.

    During the war she worked as an aide in a field hospital, changing bedpans and cleaning floors.

  3. aide-de-camp.

  4. an assistant or advisor to a public figure, especially one who works for a person in public office.

    He is a journalist and former White House aide.

  5. home health aide.

    The agency just called to say my mom's aide didn't show up this morning.



aide

/ ±šÉŖ»å /

noun

  1. an assistant

  2. social welfare an unqualified assistant to a professional welfare worker

  3. short for aide-de-camp

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Confusables Note

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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of aide1

An Americanism first recorded in 1770–80; from French: literally, ā€œhelperā€; aid
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The White House has said the aide, who has since left the CFPB, ā€œdid not even manageā€ the layoffs and called the allegations ā€œanother attempt to diminish DOGE’s critical mission.ā€

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Officers eventually released the aide without making an arrest.

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It came after the tech billionaire - who donated millions to Trump's election campaign and became a White House aide - publicly criticised the president's tax and spending bill, a key domestic policy.

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The day before had seen tense protests over the plans to remove Koffa, with demonstrators including an aide to former President George Weah arrested.

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A senior agency official replied with a statement saying only that Fugate’s CP3 duties were added to his role as an aide in an Immigration & Border Security office.

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