Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AID-DE-CAMP
AID-DE-CAMP, n. [plur. Aiddecamps. Fr., but naturalized, and here anglicized.]
In military affairs, an officer whose duty is to receive and communicate the orders of a general officer. [The pronunciation should be English, according to the orthography, not aid de cong.]
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