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MAN FRIDAY

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Overview

MAN FRIDAY (noun)
  The noun MAN FRIDAY has 1 sense:

1. the most helpful assistantplay

  Familiarity information: MAN FRIDAY used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


MAN FRIDAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The most helpful assistant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

chief assistant; man Friday; right-hand man

Hypernyms ("man Friday" is a kind of...):

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)


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