"right-hand woman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: right-hand women [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|right-hand women|head=right-hand woman}} right-hand woman (plural right-hand women)
  1. A trusted female assistant. Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms: girl Friday Coordinate_terms: right-hand man Translations (trusted female assistant): prawa ręka [feminine] (Polish), braço direito [masculine] (Portuguese), desna ruka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-right-hand_woman-en-noun-vL4Uia9U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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