What is an Aide-de-Camp?

Answer 1

aide-de-camp (plural aides-de-camp)

1. A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary. Unlike the orderly or batman, a humble low-ranking servant, an aide-de-camp is often a general, who before the institution of the chief of staff could hold a similar position to his chief.