right-hand man

right-hand man (plural right-hand men)

1. A trusted assistant.

   Synonyms: man Friday, right hand

   • 2014, Christina Lauren, Dirty Rowdy Thing, pages 303–304:

     This guy is the real thing [...] and he's plucked my girl up to be his right-hand man because he knows she's the real deal, too.

• right-hand woman

• “right-hand man”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “right-hand man”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “right-hand man”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.