What (who) is aide-de-camp - definition
![Aide-de-camp holds a [[brigadier general]]'s flag as the general<ref name=bgMichelleMTomalLetcher >Terrance Bell, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Lee Public Affairs [https://www.dvidshub.net/news/372447/bg-michelle-letcher-42nd-chief-ordnance (06.16.2020) BG Michelle Letcher is 42nd Chief of Ordnance] Brigadier General date 2 Mar 2020.</ref> unfurls it](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AideDeCamp.jpg?width=200 "Aide-de-camp holds a [[brigadier general]]'s flag as the general<ref name=bgMichelleMTomalLetcher >Terrance Bell, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Lee Public Affairs [https://www.dvidshub.net/news/372447/bg-michelle-letcher-42nd-chief-ordnance (06.16.2020) BG Michelle Letcher is 42nd Chief of Ordnance] Brigadier General date 2 Mar 2020.</ref> unfurls it")
![New Brunswick]] (right)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aide de camp insignia to Canadian Lieutenant Governors.jpg?width=200 "New Brunswick]] (right)")
![General Sir [[Baker Russell]] wearing the full-dress uniform of an aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baker Russell.jpg?width=200 "General Sir [[Baker Russell]] wearing the full-dress uniform of an aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria")
![Aide-de-camp Colonel Jean-Claude Cloutier with then–Quebec Lieutenant-Governor [[Lise Thibault]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lise Thibault-flags.jpg?width=200 "Aide-de-camp Colonel Jean-Claude Cloutier with then–Quebec Lieutenant-Governor [[Lise Thibault]]")
![The presidential Aide-de-camps behind President [[Joko Widodo]] during the presidential speech in the Parliament](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/President Joko Widodo's speech on the 2017 Annual Session of MPR.jpg?width=200 "The presidential Aide-de-camps behind President [[Joko Widodo]] during the presidential speech in the Parliament")
![Royal aide-de-camp (centre) in the ceremonial progress for the royal funeral of King [[Ananda Mahidol]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Royal aide-de-camp in the the ceremonial Progress for Royal Funeral of Ananda Mahidol.jpg?width=200 "Royal aide-de-camp (centre) in the ceremonial progress for the royal funeral of King [[Ananda Mahidol]]")
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Wikipedia
An aide-de-camp (UK: , US: ; French expression meaning literally "helper in the [military] camp") is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, or to a member of a royal family or a head of state.
An aide-de-camp may participate at ceremonial functions, and the first aide-de-camp is typically the foremost personal aide. This is not to be confused with an adjutant, who is the senior administrator of a military unit.
The badge of office for an aide-de-camp is usually the aiguillette, a braided cord in gold or other colours, worn on the shoulder of a uniform. Whether it is worn on the left or the right shoulder is dictated by protocol.
In some countries, aide-de-camp is considered to be a title of honour, which confers the post-nominal letters ADC, A.D.C. or A de C.
