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
A greater difficulty was involved in the fact that the Bibliotaph had many socii, but no fidus Achates.
From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry)
"Oh, Bill," said fidus Achates from the passage, with the usual Californian prefatory ejaculation.
From The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Harte, Bret
Such was Malartic—the intimate friend, the Pylades, the Euryalus, the "fidus Achates" of Jacquemin Lampourde; who certainly was not handsome—but his mental and moral qualities made up for his little physical disadvantages.
From Captain Fracasse by Gautier, Théophile
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
