aide-de-camp


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aide-de-camp /ˌeɪddəˈkɒ̃/
noun (pl. aides-de-camp pronunc. same) a military officer acting as a confidential assistant to a senior officer.
– origin C17: from Fr., ‘camp adjutant’.
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