Definition of aide
: 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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Examples of aide in a Sentence
The senate office hired several congressional aides.
the nurse's aide will bring you an extra pillow
Recent Examples of aide from the Web
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Juweiya Ali, a 24-year-old U.S. citizen who is a home health aide in Seattle, can attest to the hardships endured as a result of the ban.
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Johnson also is accused of exposing his bare butt to Erin Hinson, a City Hall aide, in a parking lot last year when his pants dropped.
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The brother, Hossein Fereydoun, had been one of Mr. Rouhani’s close aides.
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Both aides worked for Plaskett between early 2015 and mid-2016, McCullum as a legislative counsel, and Brown-Lewis as a scheduler.
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Tillerson’s initial proposals for reorganizing the agency also included the elimination of about 2,300 jobs, though aides have suggested those would come through attrition and retirements and not necessarily through layoffs.
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According to reports, aides have repeatedly briefed Trump — who seems conspicuously averse to preparation — ahead of the meeting.
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Shaub also pushed for the administration to publicly reveal which aides were receiving ethics waivers and chastised House Republicans for not investing ethics inquiries further.
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While Christie was not charged, two former aides were ultimately sentenced to prison for their roles in closing the lanes to punish a Democratic mayor who had declined to endorse the governor in his re-election bid.
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Origin and Etymology of aide
short for aide-de-camp
AIDE Defined for Kids
aide
playDefinition of aide for Students
: a person who acts as an assistant a teacher's aide
Medical Dictionary
aide
playMedical Definition of aide
: a person who acts as an assistant volunteer aides psychiatric aides—see nurse's aide
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