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man Friday
man Fridayn. pl. men Friday or men Fridays An efficient, faithful male aide or employee.
[After Friday, a character in Robinson Crusoe, a novel by Daniel Defoe.]man Friday n a loyal male servant or assistant [after the native in Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe (1719)]man′ Fri′day
n., pl. men Friday (or Fridays). a reliable male assistant; right-hand man. [1885–90; after Friday, the devoted servant in Robinson Crusoe] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  man Friday - the most helpful assistant chief assistant, right-hand manassistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work" |
Translationsman Friday
man FridayAn assistant who is capable of many different types of tasks. I like to have my son be my man Friday during "take your child to work" day. He's a better worker than some of my employees!See also: Friday, mana man Friday A man Friday is a man who is trusted by someone and helps them with lots of different jobs. She is toying with the idea of sending her new man Friday to Uttar Pradesh. Note: You can also call a woman a girl Friday. I became Lucian's girl Friday and would go during the night to fetch him from the National Gallery. Note: This expression comes from the name of a character in the novel `Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe. See also: Friday, mangirl/man FridayTrusted assistant. This term comes from Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719), in which Crusoe found a young savage on a Friday, and this man became his faithful servant and companion on the desert island. “I take my man Friday with me,” said Crusoe. Some mid-twentieth-century advertising pundit invented “girl Friday”—or gal Friday—to describe the female clerk-of-all-work, presumably on the assumption that it lent some glamour to a low-level, poorly paid position. It caught on mainly through being used as the title of a 1940 motion picture starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, His Girl Friday. In the 1970s, when affirmative action came to the American labor market, the term fell into disrepute. See also: Friday, girl, manman Friday
Related to man Friday: Robinson CrusoeSynonyms for man Fridaynoun the most helpful assistantSynonyms- chief assistant
- right-hand man
Related Words- assistant
- helper
- help
- supporter
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