aide-de-camp:

(a French word for a ‘camp assistant’; short form: ADC; plural: ‘aides-de-camp’ or ‘aids-de-camp’)

aide-de-camp (standing)

a military officer who accompanies/stays with and helps an officer of higher rank in his/her duties or who accompanies government dignitaries, such as a governor, president, etc.;

 

an assist; an adjutant; a secretary,

an Arab dignitary with his aide-de-camp in military uniform (R)

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As the tradition goes in Britain, the Queen’s personal aide-de-camp is her own son, the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles!

Most political dignitaries have aides-de-camp following them wherever they go in public just to maintain certain dignity and status.

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