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Helper   /hˈɛlpər/   Listen
Helper

noun
1.
A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.  Synonyms: assistant, help, supporter.  "They hired additional help to finish the work"
2.
A person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help).  Synonym: benefactor.



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... delight. Yet not the less, Hatred of absolute rule, where will of one Is law for all, and of that barren pride In them who, by immunities unjust, Between the sovereign and the people stand, 505 His helper and not theirs, laid stronger hold Daily upon me, mixed with pity too And love; for where hope is, there love will be For the abject multitude. And when we chanced One day to meet a hunger-bitten girl, 510 Who crept along fitting ...
— The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. III • William Wordsworth

... the railroad yards early in the morning, obtaining permission from the yardmaster to film a scene outside the sleeping car standing there on a siding, including the entrance of Jennie as the burglars' helper through the narrow ventilator. ...
— Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays • Annie Roe Carr

... tall young helper. "I was taking him down to the blacksmith shop to have new shoes put on him. I left him in front of the hardware store while I went in to get something for your father, Bunny, and when I came out Toby had slipped from his halter. I didn't know ...
— Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store • Laura Lee Hope

... the little leaping fountain, and reflected what to do. In that empty room there was nothing to my purpose; I felt, besides, that I required assistance. There shot into my mind a hope that Olalla herself might be my helper, and I turned and went down stairs, still keeping my thumb upon ...
— The Merry Men - and Other Tales and Fables • Robert Louis Stevenson

... said. "I want you to speak to them for me. You would do it better. I want to be your helper—your assistant, if you'll have me. Last night my mother was saying that she didn't consider it right for me to come here so often for meals. And I've been thinking about it a good deal since. Couldn't we make some arrangement—couldn't I work for ...
— The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle • Hugh Lofting


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