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
Since Binny Wallace's death, Pepper Whitcomb had been my fidus Achates; we occupied desks near each other at school, and were always together in play hours.
From The Story of a Bad Boy by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
Deschenaux, his fidus Achates, was a cobbler's son, whom experience alone had educated and fate and unscrupulousness had advanced.
From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon
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)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
