What is Body Man?
1.
A male personal assistant who accompany some-one and knows her/his boss's interests and needs and responds to them.
"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...."
"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"
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