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
The reasoning was intuitive rather than didactic; but the conviction was so forcible that I instinctively rose to return to the hospital for the black bag that is my fidus Achates on every emergency call.
From Labrador Days Tales of the Sea Toilers by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
Charles Wesley was by no means the mere fidus Achates, or man Friday, of his brother John.
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)
Upon my word,"—he said, to his fidus Achates, Marius Longford,—"I am enduring a great deal for the sake of the Vancourt millions!
From God's Good Man by Corelli, Marie
