: a person who acts as an assistant
a teacher's aide
specifically
: a military officer who acts as an assistant to a superior officer
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The senate office hired several congressional aides.
the nurse's aide will bring you an extra pillow
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Correspondent Rita Braver looks back on the remarkable life of a public servant and Nobel Peace Prize-winner, and talks with Carter's son, Chip; former Carter aide Stuart Eizenstat; and biographer Jonathan Alter, about Jimmy Carter's legacy.
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David Morgan, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2025
While Trump has denied any associations with the project on multiple occasions, Democrats pushed back on this, saying many of the President-elect's former aides are leading the project.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Even so, former Carter aides like Stuart E. Eizenstat recognize the echoes of history.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Leading local job creators were the education and health sector (private-sector instructors, nurses, heath aides) as well as leisure and hospitality (restaurant and hotel workers) and government (federal, local and public school district workers).
—Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024
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David Morgan, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2025
While Trump has denied any associations with the project on multiple occasions, Democrats pushed back on this, saying many of the President-elect's former aides are leading the project.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Even so, former Carter aides like Stuart E. Eizenstat recognize the echoes of history.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Leading local job creators were the education and health sector (private-sector instructors, nurses, heath aides) as well as leisure and hospitality (restaurant and hotel workers) and government (federal, local and public school district workers).
—Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Aide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aide. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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aide
noun
: a person who acts as an assistant
Medical Definition
aide
noun
: a person who acts as an assistant
volunteer aides
psychiatric aides
see nurse aide
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