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Definitions for Sidekick
ˈsaɪdˌkɪkside·kick

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekicknoun

    a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

Wiktionary

  1. sidekicknoun

    An assistant to another person, usually the person's inferior.

Wikipedia

  1. Sidekick

    A sidekick is a slang expression for a close companion or colleague (not necessarily in fiction) who is, or is generally regarded as, subordinate to the one they accompany. Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes' Doctor Watson, The Lone Ranger's Tonto, The Green Hornet's Kato, Shrek's Donkey and Puss in Boots, Mickey Mouse's Donald Duck and Goofy, Mario's Luigi and Yoshi, Sonic's Tails and Knuckles, Donkey Kong's Diddy Kong, Daffy Duck's Porky Pig, Captain America's Bucky and Batman's Robin.

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  1. sidekick

    A sidekick is a person who assists or spends a lot of time with another person, particularly in a supportive or subordinate role, often seen in various areas of culture such as literature, movies, and comic books. They are typically a close companion or colleague who is involved in their partner's work or adventures.

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  1. Sidekick

    A sidekick is a close companion who is generally regarded as subordinate to the one he accompanies. Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes' Doctor Watson, The Lone Ranger's Tonto, The Green Hornet's Kato, Munna Bhai's Circuit and Batman's Robin, Hercules Poirot's Hastings.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sidekick in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sidekick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Sidekick in a Sentence

  1. Michael Strahan:

    In sports, you can put as many great players as you want on a team, but if one guy out there is worried about himself, it will not work, then on television, I've had jobs where I got there and felt like : Wow, I didn't know I was supposed to be a sidekick. I thought I was coming here to be a partner.

  2. Gillian Anderson:

    I can only imagine that at the beginning, they wanted me to be the sidekick, or that, somehow, maybe it was enough of a change just to see a woman having this kind of intellectual repartee with a man on camera, and surely the audience couldn't deal with actually seeing them walk side by side!

  3. President Biden:

    You can't call yourself a maverick when all you've ever been is a sidekick, what a majority of American people are looking for — a steady hand, leadership, an optimist; not an angry man, lurching from one position to another.

  4. Arigon Starr:

    To paraphrase from Michael's work -- Native people have been relegated to the sidekick, shaman, overly sexualized or super tracker characters, we are rarely the main character or the hero.

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