fidus Achates
Example Sentences
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No. 2 man on the board is the President's fidus Achates, Harry Hopkins.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has long been the fidus Achates of the Hampden Company.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stephen Eaton, an alert, clear-eyed young fellow who served as fidus Achates to Ridgway, and was the secretary and treasurer of the Mesa Ore-producing Company, took the seat Smythe had vacated.
From Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain) by Raine, William MacLeod
Old enough, perhaps, but scarce wise enough, if he has chosen this fellow for his fidus Achates.
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir
Where was his fidus Achates, the “Arqueem Nobba?”
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
