man Fridayn.

Brit.

/ˌman ˈfrʌɪdeɪ/,

/ˌman ˈfrʌɪdi/, U.S.

/ˈˌmæn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ/,

/ˈˌmæn ˈfraɪdi/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: man n.¹, proper name Friday.

Etymology: < man n.¹ + Friday, the name of Robinson Crusoe's servant in Defoe's novel, whom Crusoe usually refers to as ‘my man Friday’ ( < Friday n.; so named from the day of his rescue by Crusoe).Compare:1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 224 And first, I made him know his Name should be Friday, which was the Day I sav'd his Life.1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 245 I takes my man Friday with me.

Someone regarded as having the characteristics of Defoe's man Friday; a servant, an attendant; a personal assistant who does all kinds of work; a companion.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > factotum

both-hands1631

man Fridaya1809

factotum1824

man-of-all-work1830

bottle washer1835

bumboy1907

a1809 R. M. Wilson Jrnl. (modernized text) in H. G. Thursfield Five Naval Jrnls. (1951) 247 The steward..puts great confidence in his Man Friday.

1823 W. T. Moncrieff Cataract of Ganges i. ii. 9 Couldn't I be a Man Friday to wait upon you?

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xiii. 119 We asked our man Friday's name.

1884 G. W. Cable Dr. Sevier xlvi. 341 With a presidential candidate on one side and his vice-presidential man Friday on the other.

1887 Athenæum 16 Apr. 504/3 Count von Rechberg,..was Prince Bismarck's man Friday.

1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country i. 5 Joseph, the youngest son..came in with his man Friday, otherwise Mick Slattery.

1984 L. Auchincloss Book Class xii. 166 She had become the superefficient man Friday to the executive director of a large foundation.

1995 Home Office Computing June 85/1 Consider a personal digital assistant..which is being cast as nothing less than every infoworker's electronic Man Friday.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	man friday
释义	man Fridayn. Brit. /ˌman ˈfrʌɪdeɪ/, /ˌman ˈfrʌɪdi/, U.S. /ˈˌmæn ˈfraɪˌdeɪ/, /ˈˌmæn ˈfraɪdi/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: man n.¹, proper name Friday. Etymology: < man n.¹ + Friday, the name of Robinson Crusoe's servant in Defoe's novel, whom Crusoe usually refers to as ‘my man Friday’ ( < Friday n.; so named from the day of his rescue by Crusoe).Compare:1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 224 And first, I made him know his Name should be Friday, which was the Day I sav'd his Life.1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 245 I takes my man Friday with me. Someone regarded as having the characteristics of Defoe's man Friday; a servant, an attendant; a personal assistant who does all kinds of work; a companion. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > factotum both-hands1631 man Fridaya1809 factotum1824 man-of-all-work1830 bottle washer1835 bumboy1907 a1809 R. M. Wilson Jrnl. (modernized text) in H. G. Thursfield Five Naval Jrnls. (1951) 247 The steward..puts great confidence in his Man Friday. 1823 W. T. Moncrieff Cataract of Ganges i. ii. 9 Couldn't I be a Man Friday to wait upon you? 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xiii. 119 We asked our man Friday's name. 1884 G. W. Cable Dr. Sevier xlvi. 341 With a presidential candidate on one side and his vice-presidential man Friday on the other. 1887 Athenæum 16 Apr. 504/3 Count von Rechberg,..was Prince Bismarck's man Friday. 1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country i. 5 Joseph, the youngest son..came in with his man Friday, otherwise Mick Slattery. 1984 L. Auchincloss Book Class xii. 166 She had become the superefficient man Friday to the executive director of a large foundation. 1995 Home Office Computing June 85/1 Consider a personal digital assistant..which is being cast as nothing less than every infoworker's electronic Man Friday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1809
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