body man

[ bod-ee man ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a male personal assistant to a politician, who, in addition to handling daily schedule and travel logistics, serves as a constant companion and attends to the politician’s immediate personal needs:
Balancing an armful of papers, the body man ducked into a shop that sold the candidate’s preferred energy drink.
a person who repairs and refinishes the bodies of cars, trucks, and other vehicles.

First recorded in 1915–20 body man fordef 2, and in 2000–05 body man fordef 1

I met a guy who was a body man, like Gary, when he was in his 20s.

As his “body man,” Jason, comes in with a note, Kerry nods and unwinds his lanky fame from the chair.

He is not a public-body man, our 'Rector,' but his friends appreciate his keen, just judgment.

Once I was roused from a nap by Liberato, a faithful body-man, shuffling his feet to the sprightly movements of a bolero.

Without a well body man's hands would be idle and his brain dull.

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