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Definition of Right-hand man
1. Noun. The most helpful assistant.
Definition of Right-hand man
1. Noun. A trusted assistant (male) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Right-hand Man
Literary usage of Right-hand man
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1880)
"The Commander-in-Chief at the Horse Guards was sure, to speak plainly, that
General Airey had become Lord Raglan's right-hand man, and could not ue had be ..."
2. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"Washington's right-hand man. —Champion of the Federalists.—Burr's Career in the
Revolution.—His Notorious Debauchery.—Finally Dismissed by Washington. ..."
3. Cicero: A Sketch of His Life and Works by Hannis Taylor, Mary Lillie Taylor Hunt (1916)
"... the orator's right- hand man. Director of the household economy. "Tertia will
not come if Publius is invited." Shorthand writer and collaborator. ..."
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