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girl Friday
girl Fridayn. Informal An efficient and faithful woman aide or employee.
[girl + (man) Friday.]girl Friday n (Professions) a female employee who has a wide range of duties, usually including secretarial and clerical work [C20: coined on the pattern of man Friday]girl′ Fri′day
n., pl. girl Fridays. Sometimes Offensive. gal Friday. [1935–40; modeled on man Friday] usage: See girl. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | girl Friday - a female assistant who has a range of dutiesassistant, 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" |
Translationsgirl Friday
girl FridayA female assistant who is capable of many different types of tasks. Based on the term "man Friday," the term can be considered sexist. I like to have my daughter be my girl Friday during "take your child to work" day. She's a better worker than some of my employees!See also: Friday, girlgirl FridayAlso, gal Friday. An efficient and faithful female assistant, as in I'll have my girl Friday get the papers together. The expression plays on man Friday, a name for a devoted male servant or assistant. The name Friday comes from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, whose shipwrecked hero named the young native who became his faithful companion for the day of the week when he found him. In the mid-1900s Friday was applied to a male servant and then a women secretary or clerk who works for a man. The expression girl Friday gained currency through a motion picture starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, His Girl Friday (1940). Today it tends to be considered condescending and, applied to a woman, sexist. See also: Friday, girlgirl Friday
Related to girl Friday: man FridayWords related to girl Fridaynoun a female assistant who has a range of dutiesRelated Words- assistant
- helper
- help
- supporter
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