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What is an aide-de-camp?

What is an aide-de-camp? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary.
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The only survivor, aide-de-camp Aaron Burr, who would become an American vice-president, remained standing, completely stunned.
Entering the army at 17, Marbot was aide-de-camp successively to three of Napoleon's generals.
In many countries, the word adjutant is used for aide-de-camp and adjutant general for a royal aide-de-camp.
He belonged to a professional family and, as an army officer, he was aide-de-camp to a maharajah.
There was none with him save an aide-de-camp, who stood by the door, erect and mute.
Just one of many examples would be to expand the aide-de-camp program down to the battalion commander level.

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