Aid-de-camp

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]