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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAN FRIDAY

After the native in Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe (1719).
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MAN FRIDAY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAN FRIDAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Man Friday is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAN FRIDAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

man Friday

Friday (fictional character)

Friday is one of the main characters of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. Robinson Crusoe names the man, with whom he cannot at first communicate, Friday because they first meet on that day. The character is the source of the expression "Man Friday", used to describe a male personal assistant or servant, especially one who is particularly competent or loyal.

Definition of man Friday in the English dictionary

The definition of man Friday in the dictionary is a loyal male servant or assistant.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAN FRIDAY

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man about town
man and boy
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Man Booker Prize
Man fern
man flu
man in the moon
man in the street
man jack
man lock
man management
man manager
man o´ war
man of God
man of straw
man of the world
man orchid
man up
man-at-arms

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAN FRIDAY

adventure holiday
bank holiday
casual Friday
dress-down Friday
federal holiday
Friday
general holiday
girl Friday
Good Friday
half holiday
holiday
legal holiday
multiday
national holiday
package holiday
public holiday
Roman holiday
skiing holiday
tax holiday
working holiday

Synonyms and antonyms of man Friday in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «man Friday» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAN FRIDAY

Find out the translation of man Friday to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of man Friday from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «man Friday» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

男子星期五
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hombre Viernes
570 millions of speakers

English

man Friday
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आदमी शुक्रवार
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

رجل الجمعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

человек пятницу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homem sexta-feira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মানুষ শুক্রবার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homme vendredi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lelaki Jumaat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

man Friday
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

男金曜日
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

남자 금요일
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong ana
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người đàn ông thứ sáu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெள்ளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मनुष्य शुक्रवार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Erkek Cuma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

uomo Venerdì
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

man Friday
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

людина п´ятницю
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

omul vineri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

man Friday
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

man Vrydag
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

mannen fredag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mann fredag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of man Friday

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAN FRIDAY»

The term «man Friday» is regularly used and occupies the 64.264 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAN FRIDAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «man Friday» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «man Friday» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about man Friday

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAN FRIDAY»

Discover the use of man Friday in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to man Friday and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Good Man Friday
New Orleans, 1838.
Barbara Hambly, 2014
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Our Man Friday
Sure, the sex is scorching hot, but can three hearts truly beat as one?
Claire Thompson, 2008
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Her Man Friday
When investigator Leo Friday is sent to unravel the shady goings-on at Kimball family mansion, he never dreams that his primary suspect is pretty Lily Rigby, the family's social secretary.
Elizabeth Bevarly, 1999
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99 Cent Adventure Time Stories G-Man Friday
Joe Archibald. bottle, but the Greek grabs me just as I obey a very homicidal impulse. “Let me go,” I insist. ”I'll gladly pay the extreme penalty for mashing his noggin.” Snooty jumps up then as the Greek's phone is ringing. He gets into the booth ...
Joe Archibald, 2014
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Adventure, Horror, Mystery Classics Best Seller's for 99 ...
March. 1937 G-Man Friday Ten Detective Aces, March, 1937 GMan Friday By Joe Archibald. By Joe Archibald Author of “The Morgue the Men-in.“ ~'Slny Ride.“ etc. Quigley Quagmer is wearing a negligee that must have set bmk the kidnapcd ...
Joe Archibald, 2014
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions
man Friday 342 all foreign rulers, including the pope — an oath which, no coincidence, allowed the king to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn. More was singled out for revenge, imprisoned, and beheaded in 1535. He was ...
Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber, 1999
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Concert of Voices, second edition: An Anthology of World ...
Hope's “Man Friday” is yet another reassessment of Friday's relationship with Robinson Crusoe. See, for instance, J.M. Coetzee's Foe (1986), Charles Martin's Passages from Friday(1983), Derek Walcott's play Pantomime (1978), and Sam ...
Victor J. Ramraj, 2009
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Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis
Commentary The book is set in the South Seas, so in reality, Man Friday would have spoken a Polynesian language. However, there is no sense of this, as the focus of the narrative is all on Robinson Crusoe's experiences and perceptions ...
Maggie Bowring, Ronald Carter, Angela Goddard, 2013
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Corporate Impact: Measuring and Managing Your Social Footprint
At first he thought he was alone, but then discovered that there was another human on the island, whom he named 'Man Friday'. Had Man Friday not emerged, Robinson Crusoe may not have needed more land than he had: we can assume ...
Adrian Henriques, 2013
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Liminal Postmodernisms: The Postmodern, the (post-)colonial, ...
A.D. Hope's poem "Man Friday" (1958) is an earlier response to Robinson Crusoe, but it too can be seen to be concerned with a post-colonial experience, if one views Crusoe's island as a paradigm for the colonial situation, since it is ...
Theo d' Haen, Johannes Willem Bertens, Hans Bertens, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAN FRIDAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term man Friday is used in the context of the following news items.
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Man found dead near UT-Austin campus, allegedly killed by boyfriend
A suspect is in custody in connection to the murder of a 18-year-old man Friday morning, according to the Austin Police Department. According ... «USA TODAY College, Jul 15»
2
Osborne gets 15 years for beating death - Atchison Globe Now …
... the victim in a tragic beating death, traveled from as far away as California and Georgia to witness the sentencing of an Atchison man Friday. «Atchison Globe, Jul 15»
3
Madison police: Officer, fresh from overdose training, saves man : Wsj
A naloxone auto-injector similar to the one Officer Daniel Perez used to help save a man Friday night. Source: Madison Police Department. «Madison.com, Jul 15»
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Man arrested in alleged choking incident
KING CITY (BCN) — Deputies arrested a 43-year-old man Friday after he allegedly forced his way into a woman's Monterey County home and ... «KRON4.com, Jul 15»
5
Police investigate Ewa Beach photographer in child abuse case
Hawaii News Now reports that police arrested the man Friday for incidents they say occurred between August 2014 and May 2015. «Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Jul 15»
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Box Office: 'Ant-Man' Nabs Second-Smallest Marvel Friday With …
Yes the $22.644m Ant-Man Friday is the second-lowest opening Friday on record for the Marvel Cinematic Universe outside of The Incredible ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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West Dundee man killed by forklift in Elk Grove
A forklift accident took the life of a 22-year-old West Dundee man Friday in Elk Grove Village, the Cook County medical examiner's office said. «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»
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Freeway races, chases lead to arrest of Magna man suspected in …
A race between three cars on I-15 led to a series of police chases and ultimately the arrest of a Magna man Friday who was hiding in a garage, ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»
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Two wounded when man opens fire on troopers, police say
Pennsylvania State Police troopers shot a man Friday night after he opened fire on them at a home in Letterkenny Township, a police ... «Herald-Mail Media, Jul 15»
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Hannibal recap: Digestivo | EW.com
After all, he and his man Friday, Cordwell, have been putting together the menu for months now, hotly anticipating that first morsel of vengeance ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»

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