Thesaurus results for LEGMAN

legman

noun

Definition of legman

as in servant

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Recent Examples of legman In 1980, Deeb moved to the Chicago Sun-Times, where the renowned media columnist Robert Feder worked with him as a legman. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025 As a young legman, whose job was to file notes to senior reporters, Bernstein was at the White House when Kennedy’s coffin was returned in the early-morning hours after his assassination. — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022

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Noun

There’s pitying chuckles to his childlike dependence on his peculiarly loyal man servant.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2026
Particularly for a character like this, who is literally a servant and has to exist in the hollows created by other people in that world — that’s a very useful tool for me as an actor.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of servant

Noun

The case involved a relationship gone sour between the accused and a female subordinate, according to a source familiar with the department’s investigation.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026
At Wednesday’s hearing, Waller followed the administration’s lead and refused to name or describe the new gunshot detection tool, passing questions about specifics off to a subordinate.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of subordinate

Noun

The maid-servant has just dipped a flannel into the white basin of water at her feet and is now holding the flannel up to wash Mary’s face.

— Artforum, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2026
The piece was presented by Queen Anne to her maid-of-honour, Lady Elizabeth Russell, who married Peter Bowlby circa 1750.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of maid

Noun

Founded in 1978, the auxiliary supports sworn officers at accidents sites and natural disasters and other emergences by providing crowd control and traffic direction.

— Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Proceeds from the May 15 event will fund local Salvation Army programs that serve families and individuals experiencing homelessness, those suffering from chemical addiction, food pantries at the auxiliary’s Community Corps Centers and senior nutrition sites across the county.

— Rancho Santa Fe Review, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026

Definition of auxiliary

Noun

Amid the layoffs, Netflix also ousted a number of chief executives, including chief content officer Bela Bajaria, head of film Dan Lin and his top lieutenant, Doug Belgrad, as well as director of original series Carolina Garcia.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
There’s the story of Frédérick Rolette, a young lieutenant in the Provincial Marine and veteran of the Royal Navy, but a Canadian, a Francophone, a colonial.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of lieutenant

Noun

Early returns also showed voters favoring Measure A, which would establish binding arbitration for sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and other public safety employees who by law cannot go on strike.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Mauldin, chair of the city’s Planning Commission and an employee of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, emphasized responsible growth, affordable housing and improvements to roads, public transit and utilities.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of employee

Noun

His underlings kidnapped and tortured a dealer who refused to pay, the indictment said.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Lamb, who was once floated for the service’s top job, treats his current position as a kind of penance for past sins, both for himself and for his underlings.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of underling

Noun

In 1992, while arranging insurance for Judd’s Marfa properties, his bookkeeper and assistant Jeff Kopie proposed leaving three small buildings then under renovation off the policy altogether, noting their minimal value.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Abbott said that Accenture research found that 65% of consumers are open to using a GPT-like financial assistant through a Gen AI platform or digital wallet, and 71% would welcome an AI assistant embedded within their primary bank's mobile app.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026

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