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
Shaked-Hebrew
Periklis-Greek
IsibÉAl-Irish
HesiodHES-ee-əd (English), HEE-see-əd (English)Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Jacominayah-ko-MEE-nahDutch
SantoSAHN-toItalian