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right-hand manˌright-hand ˈman noun [singular]   - Flynn was the nearest John had to a right-hand man.
- His former Sunderland boss has yet to appoint a right-hand man at Bristol City.
- Lord Tebbit, former Tory party chairman and right-hand man to Baroness Thatcher, is backing the plan.
- Next door to us lived Geoffrey Hamm, Mosley's right-hand man in the area.
- Pallid and balding, Vladimiro Montesinos, 56, was Fujimori's intelligence chief and right-hand man.
- Sammy Williams was my trusted lieutenant, my right-hand man.
- Though himself the king's cousin, Nithard had another patron too, the king's right-hand man, the seneschal Adalard.
someone who helps another person to do something► assistant someone who is employed to help someone do their job, especially by doing all the easier or less important things for them so that their job is made easier: · The dentist had her assistant sterilise the instruments.assistant to: · Lydia is the assistant to the Director of Finance.assistant manager/director/editor etc: · Winston got a job as assistant manager at Wal-Mart. ► helper someone who helps someone else to do something, especially when they want to do it and are not paid for it: · Ella works at the hospital once a week as a voluntary helper.· Helpers are needed to run the book stall and man the bar. ► aide someone who is employed to help a very important person, especially someone in politics or government: · An aide confirmed this week that the President will not be running for re-election.aide to: · Anderson has worked as an aide to the mayor for three years. ► aide also aid American: teacher's aid/nurse's aid someone whose job is to help a teacher, nurse etc to do their work, especially by doing the less important jobs: · Amelia went to work as a nurse's aide in the children's wing of the hospital.· As a teacher's aide, I help watch the children and run errands for the teacher. ► accomplice someone who helps someone else in a crime: · Evans could not have carried out the robbery without an accomplice.· One man held a gun on her while his accomplice took the money.accomplice in/to: · She has been accused of being an accomplice in the kidnapping. ► right-hand man the person who someone in a position of authority depends on most to help and support them: · Beria, the head of the KGB, was Stalin's right-hand man.· Newman's resignation leaves his boss without a right-hand man. the person who supports and helps you the most, especially in your job:  John is Bill’s right-hand man and has put a lot of time into the team. |