fidus Achates
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No. 2 man on the board is the President's fidus Achates, Harry Hopkins.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has long been the fidus Achates of the Hampden Company.
From Time Magazine Archive
Charles Wesley was by no means the mere fidus Achates, or man Friday, of his brother John.
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Charles J. (Charles John) Abbey
Dave, you are my "fidus Achates," my other self, my chum, or I would not say a word to you of this.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Richard Marsh
Since Binny Wallace's death, Pepper Whitcomb had been my fidus Achates; we occupied desks near each other at school, and were always together in play hours.
From The Story of a Bad Boy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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