: 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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Top Trump aide Stephen Miller in the spring demanded immigration agents rapidly increase arrests to 3,000 a day.
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2025
But critics say the pace of litigation has failed to meet the urgency of the moment, just as the president’s aides weigh whether to replicate their L.A. experiment elsewhere throughout the country.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Meanwhile, Ukraine will hope for more clarity on U.S. weapons when Zelensky and his aides meet in Rome this week with Trump's envoy, Keith Kellogg.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
The House Oversight Committee previously requested O'Connor and aides sit for interviews while Biden was president, but Biden blocked the request.
—ABC News, 9 July 2025
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2025
But critics say the pace of litigation has failed to meet the urgency of the moment, just as the president’s aides weigh whether to replicate their L.A. experiment elsewhere throughout the country.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Meanwhile, Ukraine will hope for more clarity on U.S. weapons when Zelensky and his aides meet in Rome this week with Trump's envoy, Keith Kellogg.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
The House Oversight Committee previously requested O'Connor and aides sit for interviews while Biden was president, but Biden blocked the request.
—ABC News, 9 July 2025
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“Aide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aide. Accessed 18 Jul. 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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