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Definition of girl Friday in English: girl Fridaynoun A female assistant, especially a junior office worker. Example sentencesExamples - To them, she had been an insider girl Friday for powerful social conservatives.
- It is, after all, a story of an artist struggling for recognition within the cultural establishment - a photographer working as girl Friday for a cold-hearted gallery owner.
- When I come back I'll be looking for a girl Friday to sail around the world with me.
Synonyms subordinate, inferior, deputy, junior, assistant, adjutant, aide, minion, lackey, flunkey, menial, retainer, vassal, subject, serf, hireling, servant, henchman, myrmidon, right-hand man, right-hand woman, man friday, factotum, stooge
Origin1940s: on the pattern of man Friday. Definition of girl Friday in US English: girl Fridaynounˈˌɡərl ˈfrīˌdāˈˌɡərl ˈfraɪˌdeɪ A female helper, especially a junior office worker or a personal assistant to a business executive. Example sentencesExamples - When I come back I'll be looking for a girl Friday to sail around the world with me.
- It is, after all, a story of an artist struggling for recognition within the cultural establishment - a photographer working as girl Friday for a cold-hearted gallery owner.
- To them, she had been an insider girl Friday for powerful social conservatives.
Synonyms subordinate, inferior, deputy, junior, assistant, adjutant, aide, minion, lackey, flunkey, menial, retainer, vassal, subject, serf, hireling, servant, henchman, myrmidon, right-hand man, right-hand woman, man friday, factotum, stooge
Origin1940s: on the pattern of man Friday. |