"right-hand man" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: right-hand men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|right-hand men|head=right-hand man}} right-hand man (plural right-hand men)
  1. A trusted assistant. Categories (topical): Male people Synonyms: man Friday, right hand Coordinate_terms: right-hand woman Translations (trusted assistant): 左膀右臂 (zuǒbǎngyòubì) (Chinese Mandarin), oikea käsi (Finnish), bras droit [masculine] (French), factotum [feminine, masculine] (French), grouillot [masculine] (French), rechte Hand [feminine] (German), braccio destro [masculine] (Italian), 右腕 (migiude) (alt: みぎうで) (Japanese), 오른팔 (oreunpal) (Korean), де́сна ра́ка (désna ráka) [feminine] (Macedonian), orang kanan (Malay), prawa ręka [feminine] (Polish), braço direito [masculine] (Portuguese), desna ruka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pravá ruka (Slovak), mano derecha [feminine] (Spanish), högra hand [common-gender] (Swedish), sağ kol (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "trusted assistant",
      "tags": [
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