helper
/ˈhɛlpɚ/ noun B2- One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.
- That which helps; anything serving to assist.
- A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family home, or in a market; domestic employee.
- A locomotive that assists a train, usually on steep gradients.
- A stimulating pill, especially amphetamine.
Plural helpers
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As long as the war lasted, he looked upon him as his fellow-helper in all emergencies and fed him carefully with hay and corn.
Wilson, has been my partner and helper in many of my most successful cases, and I have no doubt that he will be of the utmost use to me in yours also.”
The emperor sent his smartest helpers to check on the cloth.
The helpers saw nothing, but they were afraid to look foolish.
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