| 单词 | right-hand man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasright-hand man right-hand man n. †(a) a soldier holding a position of responsibility or command on the right of a troop of horse (obsolete); (b) a person (esp. a man) who serves as chief assistant or indispensable helper to another. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > others jousterc1330 knight1489 rutter1506 reister1521 reiter1556 ruiter1579 hargulater1581 lancer1590 lance1602 rutar1610 dragon1620 dragoon1622 right-hand man1626 dragooner1639 leaguerer1639 deli1667 Light Dragoon1700 uhlan1753 sabre1836 parachutist1837 sabreur1845 yellow leg1857 spahi1863 horse-marine1878 uhlaner1886 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help > a helper > indispensable arma1382 right hand1538 right arm1562 left-hand man1711 right-hand man1739 1626 G. Markham Souldiers Gram. ii. 41 Euery other File-leader (with their files) shall open after the Right Hand Man, till the Command be perfited. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 4 Dec. (1972) VI. 318 Not only..being admitted into the Duke of Albemarle's guard..but also..put as a right-hand man, and other marks of special respect. 1721 London Gaz. No. 5925/3 He..was lately a Right Hand Man in the 4th Troop of Horse-Guards. 1739 Scots Mag. Mar. 113/2 He..talks of Handel as his right-hand man, calls Pope by his Christian name, and speaks of Shakespear as a good, pretty writer, considering the times he lived in. 1796 T. Holcroft Man of Ten Thousand i. i. 2 He is the right hand man of the whole Peerage! 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. vi. 83 I am in want of a secretary..: he shall be my right-hand man. 1825 T. Gibbons Horsemanship 24 At the command, Right file, each (except the right hand man) quarter-turn your horse to the right. Right hand man, turn your horse full to the right. 1898 W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads 244 Why on earth good Bailey Ben (The wisest, noblest, best of men) Made Simple James his right hand man Is quite beyond my mental span. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. i. 8 Indeed, Mrs. Blaine, he is still delightful company—quite the cardinal's right-hand man. 1994 B. Woodward Agenda xviii. 155 His right-hand man, policy adviser and chief economist..was at the table in his place. < as lemmas |
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