man Friday
A trusted man whose job is to assist and organize someone else's day-to-day business…A trusted man whose job is to assist and organize someone else's day-to-day business or personal tasks; a personal assistant, a right-hand man; also, a trusted male companion.
Meaning
2 sensesA trusted man whose job is to assist and organize someone else's day-to-day business or personal tasks; a personal assistant, a right-hand man; also, a trusted male companion.
(derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur)An aborigine or native, especially one who inhabits an island.
- the most helpful male assistant
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From man (“adult male servant”) + Friday, coined by the English writer Daniel Defoe (c. 16From man (“adult male servant”) + Friday, coined by the English writer Daniel Defoe (c. 1660 – 1731) in his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719) as the name of the protagonist Crusoe’s companion and servant; he is rescued by Crusoe from cannibal captives on a Friday. Crusoe frequently refers to him as “my man Friday”.
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Forms
plural: man Fridays / men Friday / men Fridays| Singular | man Friday |
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| Plural | man Fridays / men Friday / men Fridays |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- the most helpful male assistant:right-hand man
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular