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How to use aide-de-camp in a sentence

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He belonged to a professional family and, as an army officer, he was aide-de-camp to a maharajah.
Just one of many examples would be to expand the aide-de-camp program down to the battalion commander level.
After checking it turned out to be the aide-de-camp of Chantal Compaoré, wife of the president.
In many countries, the word adjutant is used for aide-de-camp and adjutant general for a royal aide-de-camp.
The only survivor, aide-de-camp Aaron Burr, who would become an American vice-president, remained standing, completely stunned.
An officer of the 3rd Cavalry, Bourke was Brigadier General George Crook's aide-de-camp for 14 years, serving in every major campaign in Arizona and the Northern Plains.
In 1973 he became the aide-de-camp to the U.S. commander for the brigade, and, two years later, became the brigade's executive officer for A Company, 2nd Battalion.
After returning to the United States, he served as aide-de-camp to the assistant commandant, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Entering the army at 17, Marbot was aide-de-camp successively to three of Napoleon's generals.
In 1801 President Jefferson asked Lewis to be his personal secretary and aide-de-camp.
In 1987, during this first regimental tour, he served as aide-de-camp to the Colonel of the Royal 22e Régiment, General Jean-Victor Allard.
Bisbee was Cooke's aide-de-camp in Omaha, and he had General Cooke's ear and complete access to and responsibility for his correspondence and reports.
Following customary British court etiquette, their aide-de-camp published an invitation requiring all women to wear low-necked dresses.
She tried the direct, how-do-you-do handshake approach, but was blocked by a burly aide-de-camp.
Muzzey adopted Scott as an unofficial aide-de-camp.
Puck, Oberon's aide-de-camp, can be a supporting role.
His closest advisers included the captain of his guards, who also acted as an aide-de-camp, the senior officers of the Compagnies franches de la Marine, and the king's engineer.
The colonel commanding northern Canada is a francophone, and his aide-de-camp is a bilingual anglophone from Newfoundland who was talking with his colonel in French and English.
I can even add a personal human element: last Friday I chose for my aide-de-camp, from among the young officers posted at Rideau Hall, a Franco-Manitoban, Marc Gobeil, whose parents are here tonight.
As for Dadis Camara's aide-de-camp, whose arrest had been announced, it is said that he is entrenching himself in an area of the capital, according to the junta which withdrew from its earlier statement.
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Examples from Classical Literature
There was none with him save an aide-de-camp, who stood by the door, erect and mute.
He returns to the Emperor, on whose knees an aide-de-camp was unfolding a map.
It is said that fifty-seven lives paid the penalty for the shooting of that aide-de-camp.
Schaumburg was sent with despatches to Donop, who, however, had been killed before the arrival of his young aide-de-camp.
With the nearest colonel was Lieutenant Helm, the aide-de-camp.
As he looked, an aide-de-camp, breathless and heated, galloped up.
Ah, yes, but here comes to you an aide-de-camp of his Highness, even one of his most intimate companions Van Deken.
The same difference existed between young La Briere and des Lupeaulx that there is between an aide-de-camp and a chief of staff.
Junot was there, and Narbonne, the Emperor's aide-de-camp, and all the chiefs of the army.
Fearfully rich, handsome, great connections, an aide-de-camp, and with all that a very nice, good-natured fellow.
Before I had got a dozen paces from the box, an aide-de-camp overtook me.
Beulwitz, the emperor's aide-de-camp, admires her immensely.
You were before that at Vigo, aide-de-camp to the Duke of Ormonde.
He is an aide-de-camp of Kutuzov's and will be here tonight.
The flunkey referred her to Count Rechberg, the aide-de-camp on duty.
The First Consul, who listened for Rapp's step in the adjoining salon, opened the door suddenly, and found his aide-de-camp close to the wall of the cabinet.
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