: 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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At the Resolute desk, an aide handed Trump orders for signing from a tall stack of navy-blue binders.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
Almost all of Biden’s senior aides were also senior aides to President Barack Obama, and many of the most senior stayed the full four years rather than making room for younger talents.
—Andrew Exum, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
Stewart’s brother, Alex Goodwin, remembered how his sister, who worked full time as a home health aide, plus part time as a nanny and was putting herself through school to become a registered nurse, had taught him responsibility.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2025
Trump handed the pen used to sign the order to an aide and directed it to be given to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Only a few thousand of the millions of governmental records related to the assassination of President Kennedy have yet to be fully declassified.
—Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
Almost all of Biden’s senior aides were also senior aides to President Barack Obama, and many of the most senior stayed the full four years rather than making room for younger talents.
—Andrew Exum, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
Stewart’s brother, Alex Goodwin, remembered how his sister, who worked full time as a home health aide, plus part time as a nanny and was putting herself through school to become a registered nurse, had taught him responsibility.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2025
Trump handed the pen used to sign the order to an aide and directed it to be given to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Only a few thousand of the millions of governmental records related to the assassination of President Kennedy have yet to be fully declassified.
—Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Aide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aide. Accessed 1 Feb. 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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