An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
synonyms: aide, aide-de-camp.
Roget 711:
auxiliary;
recruit;
assistant;
adjuvant,
adjutant;
ayudante†,
coaid†;
adjunct;
help,
helper,
help mate,
helping hand;
midwife;
colleague,
partner,
mate,
confrere,
cooperator;
coadjutor,
coadjutrix†;
collaborator.
ally;
friend
etc.
890,
confidant,
fidus Achates [Lat.],
pal,
buddy,
alter ego.
[criminal law]
confederate;
accomplice;
complice;
accessory,
accessory after the fact;
particeps criminis [Lat.];
socius criminis [Lat.].
aide-de-camp,
secretary,
clerk,
associate,
marshal;
right-hand,
right-hand man,
Friday,
girl Friday,
man Friday,
gopher,
gofer;
candle-holder,
bottle-holder;
handmaid;
servant
etc.
746;
puppet,
cat's-paw,
jackal†.
tool,
dupe,
stooge,
ame damnee [Fr.];
satellite,
adherent.
votary;
sectarian,
secretary;
seconder,
backer,
upholder,
abettor,
advocate,
partisan,
champion,
patron,
friend at court,
mediator;
angel
(theater, entertainment).
friend in need,
Jack at a pinch,
deus ex machina [Lat.],
guardian angel,
tutelary genius.
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Roget 745:
master,
padrone;
lord,
lord paramount;
commander,
commandant;
captain;
chief,
chieftain;
sirdar†,
sachem,
sheik,
head,
senior,
governor,
ruler,
dictator;
leader
etc.
(director)
694;
boss,
cockarouse†,
sagamore,
werowance†.
lord of the ascendant;
cock of the walk,
cock of the roost;
gray mare;
mistress.
potentate;
liege,
liege lord;
suzerain,
sovereign,
monarch,
autocrat,
despot,
tyrant,
oligarch.
crowned head,
emperor,
king,
anointed king,
majesty,
imperator [Lat.],
protector,
president,
stadholder†,
judge.
ceasar,
kaiser,
czar,
tsar,
sultan,
soldan†,
grand Turk,
caliph,
imaum†,
shah,
padishah†,
sophi†,
mogul,
great mogul,
khan,
lama,
tycoon,
mikado,
tenno [Jap.],
inca,
cazique†;
voivode†;
landamman†;
seyyid†;
Abuna†,
cacique†,
czarowitz†,
grand seignior.
prince,
duke
etc.
(nobility)
875;
archduke,
doge,
elector;
seignior;
marland†,
margrave;
rajah,
emir,
wali,
sheik nizam†,
nawab.
empress,
queen,
sultana,
czarina,
princess,
infanta,
duchess,
margravine†;
czarevna†,
czarita†;
maharani,
rani,
rectrix†.
regent,
viceroy,
exarch†,
palatine,
khedive,
hospodar†,
beglerbeg†,
three-tailed bashaw†,
pasha,
bashaw†,
bey,
beg,
dey†,
scherif†,
tetrarch,
satrap,
mandarin,
subahdar†,
nabob,
maharajah;
burgrave†;
laird
etc.
(proprietor)
779;
collector,
commissioner,
deputy commissioner,
woon†.
the authorities,
the powers that be,
the government;
staff,
etat major [Fr.],
aga†,
official,
man in office,
person in authority;
sircar†,
sirkar†,
Sublime Porte.
[Military authorities]
marshal,
field marshal,
marechal†;
general,
generalissimo;
commander in chief,
seraskier†,
hetman†;
lieutenant general,
major general;
colonel,
lieutenant colonel,
major,
captain,
centurion,
skipper,
lieutenant,
first lieutenant,
second lieutenant,
sublieutenant,
officer,
staff officer,
aide-de-camp,
brigadier,
brigade major,
adjutant,
jemidar†,
ensign,
cornet,
cadet,
subaltern,
noncommissioned officer,
warrant officer;
sergeant,
sergeant major;
color sergeant;
corporal,
corporal major;
lance corporal,
acting corporal;
drum major;
captain general,
dizdar†,
knight marshal,
naik†,
pendragon.
[Civil authorities]
mayor,
mayoralty;
prefect,
chancellor,
archon,
provost,
magistrate,
syndic;
alcalde†,
alcaid†;
burgomaster,
corregidor†,
seneschal,
alderman,
councilman,
committeeman,
councilwoman,
warden,
constable,
portreeve†;
lord mayor;
officer
etc.
(executive)
965;
dewan†,
fonctionnaire [Fr.].
[Naval authorities]
admiral,
admiralty;
rear admiral,
vice admiral,
port admiral;
commodore,
captain,
commander,
lieutenant,
ensign,
skipper,
mate,
master,
officer of the day,
OD;
navarch†.
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Dutch: vleugeladjudant
Polish: adiutant