See Also: aide(dictionary)
aide(dictionary)
aide-de-camp(dictionary)
aide-de-camp(encyclopedia)
aide-de-camp(dictionary)
aide-memoire(dictionary)
helm(dictionary)
helm(4)(dictionary)
helm(3)(dictionary)
helm(2)(dictionary)

aide-de-camp (oh) and helm(2) (iou)


aide-de-camp (oh)



[C]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: 'camp helper']
a military officer whose job is to help an officer of a higher rank

helm(2) (iou)



helm noun2.

Nautical. The tiller or wheel by which the rudder is controlled. OE.
b. Use of the helm; the space through which the helm is turned. L19.
A. MacLean Naseby gave the rudder maximum helm to port.
fig. The position of Leadership or government. OE.
fig.: A. L. Rowse Chamberlain, who had succeeded Baldwin at the helm of the drifting country.
Phrases: down helm, down with the helm place the helm so as to bring the rudder to windward. lee helm helm put down. put the helm APORT. right the helm: see RIGHT verb 8. take the helm control the direction of a boat; fig. assume control. up helm, up with the helm place the helm so as to bring the rudder to leeward. weather helm helm put up.
helmless adjective2 without a helm or rudder E19.
helmsman noun the steersman E17.
helmsmanship noun the function or practice of a helmsman L19.
helmswoman noun a female steersman L19.