aide-de-campn.

Brit.

/ˌeɪddəˈkɒ̃/,

/ˌeɪddəˈkamp/, U.S.

/ˌeɪddəˈkæmp/

Inflections: Plural aides-de-camp.

Forms: 1600s aid-du-camp, 1600s ayd-du-camp, 1600s ayde-de-camp, 1600s– aid-de-camp, 1600s– aide-de-camp, 1700s– aidecamp.

Origin: A borrowing from French Etymon: French aide-de-camp.

Etymology: < French (now historical and rare) aide-de-camp (1577 or earlier in Middle French) < aide aid n. (compare aid n. 3) + de de prep. + camp camp n.², with partial assimilation of the first element to aid n.In plural form aides-de-camp after the French plural form. Compare representations of the pronunciation of the word in various regional varieties, e.g. edge-a-gong (19th-cent. Irish English), aid-dee-cong (20th-cent. Irish English), aidi cong (20th-cent. Indian English), etc. N.E.D. (1884) also gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (e:d-də-kaṅ·) /ˌɛddəˈkɑ̃/.

Chiefly Military.

An officer acting as an assistant to a senior officer, or who assists on ceremonial occasions. Also in extended use. Abbreviated ADC (see ADC n. at A n. Initialisms).

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.-

α.

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. xi. 578 The Duke..writ to St. Torse Aide de Camp, who commanded them.

1747 Gentleman's Mag. July 316/2 [He] order'd one of his aides de camp to go immediately to Marshal Bathiani, to inform him that the left was attack'd.

1798 A. Barnard Let. 6 June in W. H. Wilkins S. Afr. Cent. Ago (1901) 156 As a young lady, like a great general, is nothing without a proper staff, Mr. Barnard invited my cousin John Dalrymple to be her aide-de-camp.

1808 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 14 That spare room may be kept for my horses and those of my Aides-de-Camp.

1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders 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.

1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxxiii. 326 A young German Durchlaucht deigned to explain to his aide-de-camp how very handsome he thought Miss Newcome.

1915 F. H. Burnett Lost Prince xix. 180 As his aide-de-camp he must serve him, watch him, obey his lightest wish, make everything easy for him.

1958 Life 9 June 134/2 After the war he..went out to Canada as aide-de-camp to the governor general, the Duke of Devonshire.

2008 B. Murphy In Time of War (2009) 249 He volunteered to be the temporary aide-de-camp for a new general.

β. 1687 R. Wolley tr. N. Besongne Present State France (new ed.) i. xvi. 112 When the King goes to the Army, they have the honour to be his Aids de Camp.1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. ix. 304 He declar'd him, from that instant, his aid-de-camp.1762 C. Brietzcke Diary 9 Feb. in Notes & Queries (1959) Apr. 136/2 Jack spoke to Mr. Percival in the Boxes who was aid de camp to Hodgson.1792 A. Dalrymple Acct. Sooloo ii. i. i, in Oriental Repertory (1793) I. 544 Pangleema is a term of Military Honour, resembling our Knighthood... The Pangleemas of Sooloo, are, as it were, Aid de Camps to Juhan Pallawan.1808 A. MacV. Grant Mem. Amer. Lady I. xix. 190 There the General, his aid-de-camps, the sachems and the principal officers of the colonel's regiment, were received.1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxxiii. 532 He..was made full captain and aid-de-camp of General McClellan.1922 Minnesota Hist. Bull. 4 357 The remains of General Brock and of his aid-de-camp, Lieutenant Colonel John M'Donell, were deposited in a vault in the base.2001 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 5 June 1 We met the prince's aid-de-camp and his private secretary.

Derivatives

ˌaide-de-ˈcampship n. now rare the office or position of aide-de-camp.

ΚΠ

1814 Col. J. McMahon Let. 21 Nov. in Lett. King George IV 1812–1830 (1938) I. 508 He did not mean to resign his Aid de Campship.

1820 F. Macirone Few Specimens Ars Logica Copleiana 129 Not a single one of these premises, viz. of the traitor aide-de-campship to Murat,—service under Fouché, [etc.].

1882 Standard 9 May 5/2 An aide de campship to the Queen is placed at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty.

1905 Times 10 Apr. 6/1 Colonel Thesiger's rewards were an Aide-de-campship to the Queen, a C.B., and the war medal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aide-de-camp
释义	aide-de-campn. Brit. /ˌeɪddəˈkɒ̃/, /ˌeɪddəˈkamp/, U.S. /ˌeɪddəˈkæmp/ Inflections: Plural aides-de-camp. Forms: 1600s aid-du-camp, 1600s ayd-du-camp, 1600s ayde-de-camp, 1600s– aid-de-camp, 1600s– aide-de-camp, 1700s– aidecamp. Origin: A borrowing from French Etymon: French aide-de-camp. Etymology: < French (now historical and rare) aide-de-camp (1577 or earlier in Middle French) < aide aid n. (compare aid n. 3) + de de prep. + camp camp n.², with partial assimilation of the first element to aid n.In plural form aides-de-camp after the French plural form. Compare representations of the pronunciation of the word in various regional varieties, e.g. edge-a-gong (19th-cent. Irish English), aid-dee-cong (20th-cent. Irish English), aidi cong (20th-cent. Indian English), etc. N.E.D. (1884) also gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (e:d-də-kaṅ·) /ˌɛddəˈkɑ̃/. Chiefly Military. An officer acting as an assistant to a senior officer, or who assists on ceremonial occasions. Also in extended use. Abbreviated ADC (see ADC n. at A n. Initialisms). 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.- α. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. xi. 578 The Duke..writ to St. Torse Aide de Camp, who commanded them. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. July 316/2 [He] order'd one of his aides de camp to go immediately to Marshal Bathiani, to inform him that the left was attack'd. 1798 A. Barnard Let. 6 June in W. H. Wilkins S. Afr. Cent. Ago (1901) 156 As a young lady, like a great general, is nothing without a proper staff, Mr. Barnard invited my cousin John Dalrymple to be her aide-de-camp. 1808 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 14 That spare room may be kept for my horses and those of my Aides-de-Camp. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders 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. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxxiii. 326 A young German Durchlaucht deigned to explain to his aide-de-camp how very handsome he thought Miss Newcome. 1915 F. H. Burnett Lost Prince xix. 180 As his aide-de-camp he must serve him, watch him, obey his lightest wish, make everything easy for him. 1958 Life 9 June 134/2 After the war he..went out to Canada as aide-de-camp to the governor general, the Duke of Devonshire. 2008 B. Murphy In Time of War (2009) 249 He volunteered to be the temporary aide-de-camp for a new general. β. 1687 R. Wolley tr. N. Besongne Present State France (new ed.) i. xvi. 112 When the King goes to the Army, they have the honour to be his Aids de Camp.1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. ix. 304 He declar'd him, from that instant, his aid-de-camp.1762 C. Brietzcke Diary 9 Feb. in Notes & Queries (1959) Apr. 136/2 Jack spoke to Mr. Percival in the Boxes who was aid de camp to Hodgson.1792 A. Dalrymple Acct. Sooloo ii. i. i, in Oriental Repertory (1793) I. 544 Pangleema is a term of Military Honour, resembling our Knighthood... The Pangleemas of Sooloo, are, as it were, Aid de Camps to Juhan Pallawan.1808 A. MacV. Grant Mem. Amer. Lady I. xix. 190 There the General, his aid-de-camps, the sachems and the principal officers of the colonel's regiment, were received.1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxxiii. 532 He..was made full captain and aid-de-camp of General McClellan.1922 Minnesota Hist. Bull. 4 357 The remains of General Brock and of his aid-de-camp, Lieutenant Colonel John M'Donell, were deposited in a vault in the base.2001 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 5 June 1 We met the prince's aid-de-camp and his private secretary. Derivatives ˌaide-de-ˈcampship n. now rare the office or position of aide-de-camp. ΚΠ 1814 Col. J. McMahon Let. 21 Nov. in Lett. King George IV 1812–1830 (1938) I. 508 He did not mean to resign his Aid de Campship. 1820 F. Macirone Few Specimens Ars Logica Copleiana 129 Not a single one of these premises, viz. of the traitor aide-de-campship to Murat,—service under Fouché, [etc.]. 1882 Standard 9 May 5/2 An aide de campship to the Queen is placed at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty. 1905 Times 10 Apr. 6/1 Colonel Thesiger's rewards were an Aide-de-campship to the Queen, a C.B., and the war medal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1670
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