body man

English

Alternative forms

• bodyman

Noun

body man (plural body men)

1. A male personal assistant.
   • 2009, David Baldacci, First Family: King and Maxwell:

     Usually terrific with names, the interrupted president had just had a very human brain fart. Jay, his “body man,” sprang forward to remedy this.

   • 2013, John Heilemann, Mark Halperin, Double Down, page 30:

     Of the $30,000-a-plate dinner at the Four Seasons in 2010, at which Obama, after devoting a brisk seven minutes to each table, retreated to a private room to sup with Jarrett and his body man, Reggie Love—a tale that traveled so widely it became a sort of urban legend.

   • 2013, Dean Starkman, Martha M. Hamilton, Ryan Chittum, The Best Business Writing 2013, page 257:

     "We're like The Bucket List, right, Billy?" asks Chris Burch, who is sitting in the front seat of the Escalade that is being maneuvered through Soho traffic by Bill Allen, his body man of twenty-one years.

   • 2014, M.J. Scott, Fire Kin:

     Owens, my body man, didn't like heights.

2. A man who works on auto bodies.
   • 1958, Autobody and the Reconditioned Car, volumes 37-38:

     According to manufacturer, the body man has complete control when using the new tools because the application of power is so gradual he can feel the metal unlock itself.