aide-de-camp

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The unnamed narrator of “The Sympathizer” is a veteran of two armies: the North Vietnamese whom he served as spy and the South Vietnamese whose uniform he wore as aide-de-camp to a high-ranking general.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

They were called to testify at Police headquarters in Brasilia, along with Bolsonaro's former aide-de-camp Mauro Cid, his father, a retired army general, and another military officer that was a presidential aide.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023

He was aide-de-camp to the ousted leader's father, Omar Bongo, who ruled for almost 42 years until his death in 2009.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2023

Two years later, the prince was promoted to a lieutenant position and served as the Queen's personal aide-de-camp.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022

Minutes later, the aide-de-camp flings open the shutters of an upstairs window and gazes a moment across the rooftops before unfurling a crimson flag over the brick and securing its eyelets to the sill.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr