a girl Friday



a girl/man/person Friday

a person who does many different types of usually not very interesting work in an office
Usage notes: Man Friday is the name of the servant in the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
The ad said, 'Person Friday required for general office duties'.
See also: Friday, girl

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Corradinokor-rah-DEE-noItalian
Doretta-English
Black[blæk]
Katrinakə-TREE-nə (English), kaht-REE-nah (Dutch)English, German, Swedish, Dutch
KrisnaKREES-nahIndonesian
Faron-English