helper

Meaning

Noun

• 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.

Related

Similar words

• banker

Origin

• From Middle English helpere, from Old English *helpere, from Proto-West Germanic *helpārī, equivalent to help + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälper, West Frisian helper, Dutch helper, German Low German Helper, German Helfer, Danish hjælper, Swedish hjälpare, Icelandic hjálpar.