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‖ aide-mémoire|ˈeɪdmɛmwɑː(r), ɛdmemwar|
[F., f. aider to help + mémoire memory.]
An aid to the memory; esp. in diplomatic use, a memorandum (cf. memoir 2).
1846G. G. Lewis et al. (title) Aide-Mémoire to the Military Sciences. 1855H. Laxton (title) Examples of Building Construction, intended as an Aide-Memoire for the Professional Man. 1885Athenæum 1 Aug. 151/1 Catalogue Illustré du Salon..is more than a very useful aide mémoire of the great collection. 1923Westm. Gaz. 3 July, No written document on the subject of the British questionnaires, even in the way of an aide memoire, will be handed to the Foreign Secretary. 1941Auden New Year Let. i. 312 This aide-mémoire on what they say. 1955Times 1 Aug. 5/6 The United States has sent to Bulgaria a strongly worded aide-mémoire, transmitted through the Swiss Government, protesting against the ‘brutal attack’. 1957BBC Handbk. 23 An agreement reached in 1947 between the BBC, the Government, and the Opposition, and embodied in an Aide-Mémoire. |