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Brewer's: Achates
Acha′tes
(3 syl.).
A fidus Achates.
A faithful companion, a bosom friend. Achates in Virgil's Æneid is the chosen companion of the hero in adventures of all kinds.
“He has chosen this fellow for his fidus Achates.”
—
Sir Walter Scott
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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