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fidus Achates
noun as in fast friend
noun as in gal Friday
noun as in right-hand man
Example Sentences
Poor N., you had but one timorous supporter, even me, so early your fidus Achates—but one against so many.
I shall be very glad of it, and promise to be his fidus Achates in every sense, for the public as well as his own service.
Long the fidus Achates of the emperor, this soldier-courtier had obtained considerable fame by becoming his Quintus Curtius.
A greater difficulty was involved in the fact that the Bibliotaph had many socii, but no fidus Achates.
Bugs was for the moment Harry's fidus Achates; a sort of vice-James.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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