单词 | aide |
释义 | aiden. 1. An assistant, a helper. In early use frequently in military contexts. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > assistant assistant?1541 adjacent1600 help1645 helper1686 aide1762 asst1782 tenter1894 offsider1904 runabout1957 ancillary1962 gofer1967 1762 J. Jeffreys Let. 19 Aug. in Duke of Bedford Corr. (1846) III. 93 Two marmitons. Officier. One aide. Two coachmen. 1798 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. II. 371/1 Ein Beykoch, the Head Cook's Mate, an Aide or assisting Cook in a Prince's Kitchin. 1850 Dublin Univ. Mag. July 30/1 I was at last adopted by the riding-master of the regiment as a kind of aide to him in his walk. 1893 E. Holloway Crag & Pine 26 When a little older she is to be my aide in a work I contemplate. 1930 Amer. Speech 6 112 S.F. Inspector made aide to postmaster. 1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond ii. 18 She often took me with her on such expeditions, as illustrator, courier and general aide. 1989 in R. Graef Talking Blues xii. 360 I was an aide on CID but in the end I went back into uniform. 2. Originally U.S. a. Military. An officer acting as an assistant to a senior officer, or who assists on ceremonial occasions; an aide-de-camp. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > aide-de-camp or adjutant corporal of the field1591 general-adjutant1632 adjutant1641 adjutant general1644 agitant1644 aide-de-camp1670 aid-major1670 Adj.1708 aid1761 Adjt.1763 aide1776 D.A.A.G.1899 AG1913 D.A.G.- 1776 R. H. Harrison Let. 1 Nov. in Official Lett. to Amer. Congr. (1795) I. 302 This information has carried his excellency and aides out. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans II. xvi. 285 Attended by the Aide of Montcalm with his guard. 1852 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. I. vii. 53 The martinettish General had..enough ado to keep his Aides under military discipline. 1917 J. F. Rhodes Hist. Civil War i. 17 Evacuation was redemanded by Beauregard's aides. 1952 Manch. Guard. Weekly 12 June 3/2 General MacArthur..is on inactive status, but he receives..the services of three military aides. 2005 D. Reid Dragon Mountain iii. 23 Colonel Boyd and three armed aides came squealing around the corner in a jeep. b. A personal assistant to a senior political figure, esp. a head of state or the governor of a state or territory. ΚΠ 1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe I. v. 177 The prefects are no more than so many political aides, whose duty it is to carry into effect the orders that emanate from the great head. 1854 J. W. Kaye Life & Corr. Charles Lord Metcalfe I. 143 With this force rode Charles Metcalfe, as Smith's political aide. It was his duty to conduct all the diplomatic business of the campaign. 1892 Illustr. Amer. 23 Apr. 463/2 Prince Chilkow has been appointed chief aide to the new Minister of Railways and Transportation in Russia. 1905 Summary (Elmira, N.Y.) 8 Apr. 1/1 In the party, besides the President, were..Lieut. G. R. Fortescue, one of the President's aides. 1987 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 82/2 Some of his aides looked down and shook their heads. 2002 B. Hoey Her Majesty xiv. 203 While the PM and the Queen are talking privately, their two most senior aides have their own meeting down on the ground floor. 3. Chiefly U.S. A person employed as an assistant or ancillary worker, esp. at a hospital, or in the home of an elderly or disabled person.nurse's, ward aide: see first element. ΚΠ 1906 Jrnl. Royal Army Med. Corps. 6 186 He [sc. a subaltern medical officer] has under his immediate orders a corporal, a sanitary aide, the hospital orderlies, the attendants placed in special charge of grave cases and prisoners. 1918 Bull. Woman's National Farm & Garden Assoc. Nov. 108 A letter from Miss Margaret A. Johnston..describes her work as a Red Cross Reconstruction Aide at US General Hospital No. 6, Fort McPherson, Georgia. 1962 K. Kesey One flew over Cuckoo's Nest i. 95 You may need a month of bedpans and slab baths to refresh your appreciation of just how little work you aides have to do on this ward. 1972 New Society 12 Oct. 115/1 (advt.) London Borough of Hammersmith. Social Services Department. Family Aide... This new post has been created to supplement the activities of social workers in intensive efforts to support families and individuals at risk. 2008 N.Y. Times 14 Sept. ii. 13/1 Medical aides..help with everything from feeding her breakfast to blowing her nose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1762 |
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