fidus Achates
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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
Isabella was attended and consoled in her retirement by her faithful servant Transita, her "fidus Achates."
From An Old Sailor's Yarns by Ames, N. (Nathaniel)
He came, after sundry messages had been sent after him, and with him his fidus Achates.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various
Lever wrote to his fidus Achates in Dublin, expressing his goodwill for Curry & Co., who had hitherto treated him fairly.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund
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