body woman

noun

US, politics

: a female personal assistant to a political candidate or politician

Abedin has worked for the former US senator and secretary of state for many years, and traveled with her as her "body woman," her closest aide.

—New York Post, 13 May 2013

Word History

First Known Use

2008, in the meaning defined above

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