fidus Achates
Example Sentences
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He has long been the fidus Achates of the Hampden Company.
From Time Magazine Archive
No. 2 man on the board is the President's fidus Achates, Harry Hopkins.
From Time Magazine Archive
You are Flemming's intimate friend, his fidus Achates.
From Majorie Daw by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
Upon my word,"—he said, to his fidus Achates, Marius Longford,—"I am enduring a great deal for the sake of the Vancourt millions!
From God's Good Man by Corelli, Marie
When a schoolboy takes to his bosom a fidus Achates, the first thing he does is to offer to show his birds' nests; so Miss Gordon introduces us to her find,—nests of the Gambel sparrow.
From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans
