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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
right-hand man
noun
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▪ Flynn was the nearest John had to a right-hand man.
▪ His former Sunderland boss has yet to appoint a right-hand man at Bristol City.
▪ Lord Tebbit, former Tory party chairman and right-hand man to Baroness Thatcher, is backing the plan.
▪ Next door to us lived Geoffrey Hamm, Mosley's right-hand man in the area.
▪ Pallid and balding, Vladimiro Montesinos, 56, was Fujimori's intelligence chief and right-hand man.
▪ Sammy Williams was my trusted lieutenant, my right-hand man.
▪ Though himself the king's cousin, Nithard had another patron too, the king's right-hand man, the seneschal Adalard.
Wiktionary
right-hand man

n. A trusted assistant (male)

WordNet
right-hand man

n. the most helpful assistant [syn: chief assistant, man Friday]

Usage examples of "right-hand man".

Torreos was the right-hand man--consigliare was the word, Bracken thought --- of Vito Correzente.

Tracker was Hunter-of-Outlaw's right-hand man-or rather right paw kzin.

In his turn, my father gave me over to his right-hand man to rear.

He'd been Palpatine's right-hand man, supposedly one of the grand architects of his rise to power.

Anson studied his right-hand man for a moment, then, taking out his tobacco-pouch, he sat himself down upon a stone and proceeded leisurely to roll a cigarette.

Fortunately the day crew included Tappan, O'Brien's right-hand man.

It was sometimes said in the town that if Old Tom was Miss Polly's right-hand man, Timothy was her left.

He was her right-hand man on all occasions, steady, kind, and patient.