Question of the Day #217

"Trump’s “body man,” John McEntee, was unceremoniously frog marched out of the White House after it was revealed that he has a terrible gambling problem, which makes him terribly vulnerable to blackmail."
From the first sentence of the second paragraph of this article at the Washington Press.
この記事の第2段落の最初のセンテンス。

上記の文で、body man の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "body man" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、


〈米〉〔政治家の身の回りを世話する〕付き人

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

US, politics: a male personal assistant to a political candidate or politician

Etymology/語源

Merriam-Websterによると、

わかる限り初めて使用されたのは、1919年。

According to Merriam-Webster:

First Known Use: 1919

Examples

• Every modern presidential candidate has a factotum, or “body man,” typically an ambitious Washington junkie, overqualified to schlep bags but eager to shake high-powered hands. — Jodi Wilgoren,  New York Times,  28 Apr. 2004
• … he costars as Gary Walsh, the loyal assistant who serves as “the body man,” i.e. the person who totes the veep's papers and accessories and whispers handy reminders when she doesn't know someone's name. — Julie Hinds,  Detroit Free Press,  22 Apr. 2012
• The former low-level Fox News staffer and campaign official now makes $115,000 a year as Trump's personal aide and body man.
• "Mr. Obama's regular basketball buddies include Reggie Love, the candidate's "body man" from the campaign trail who played basketball at Duke University in 2001, the year the Blue Devils won the NCAA championship...." (Wall Street Journal online article)
• "Mr. Love, 26, is Mr. Obama’s body man, the personal aide who shadows the senator and anticipates everything he needs — and everything he does not need. He is not a bodyguard (security is provided by the Secret Service), but rather the ultimate assistant, rarely more than a body length away from the candidate."