: a person who acts as an assistant
a teacher's aide
specifically
: a military officer who acts as an assistant to a superior officer
Examples of aide in a Sentence
The senate office hired several congressional aides.
the nurse's aide will bring you an extra pillow
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Pressley, a co-chair of the House Haiti Caucus, has for months been making the case to Republicans and some apprehensive Democrats to get them on board, according to a senior aide to the congresswoman.
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Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Speier, who entered politics by first working as a congressional aide and experienced harassment from a supervisor, said that part of the problem in Congress is that members are given wide latitude to run their offices.
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Among those are … Major Archibald Butt, military aide to President Taft (and Augusta native).
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In hospitals, the employees serve as patient care workers such as radiology technologists, nurse’s aides and patient transporters.
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Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Speier, who entered politics by first working as a congressional aide and experienced harassment from a supervisor, said that part of the problem in Congress is that members are given wide latitude to run their offices.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Among those are … Major Archibald Butt, military aide to President Taft (and Augusta native).
—Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 15 Apr. 2026
In hospitals, the employees serve as patient care workers such as radiology technologists, nurse’s aides and patient transporters.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for aide
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“Aide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aide. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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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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