: 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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The senate office hired several congressional aides.
the nurse's aide will bring you an extra pillow
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And of the many unlicensed home care aides who work in gray market, many are immigrants, including many who are undocumented.
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Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Blinken and his top aides have spent months trying to sell Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Gulf Arab nations on the plan, which outlines how Gaza would be run without Hamas in charge of the territory.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Prosecutors had to spend months secretly litigating executive privilege claims by Trump and his aides — and the Supreme Court added to the delay by not ordering speedy argument in Trump's immunity case and waiting until last July to hand down its decision.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
And while Trump himself is unpredictable, many of the aides and policymakers set to occupy senior positions in his Administration are China hawks.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Blinken and his top aides have spent months trying to sell Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Gulf Arab nations on the plan, which outlines how Gaza would be run without Hamas in charge of the territory.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Prosecutors had to spend months secretly litigating executive privilege claims by Trump and his aides — and the Supreme Court added to the delay by not ordering speedy argument in Trump's immunity case and waiting until last July to hand down its decision.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
And while Trump himself is unpredictable, many of the aides and policymakers set to occupy senior positions in his Administration are China hawks.
—Billy Perrigo, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Aide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aide. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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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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