helper

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

helper
    n 1: a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or
         furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable
         assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"
         [syn: {assistant}, {helper}, {help}, {supporter}]
    2: a person who helps people or institutions (especially with
       financial help) [syn: {benefactor}, {helper}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Helper \Help"er\, n.
   One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves;
   as, a lay helper in a parish.
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         Thou art the helper of the fatherless.   --Ps. x. 14.
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         Compassion . . . oftentimes a helper of evils. --Dr. H.
                                                  More.
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from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Helper, UT (city, FIPS 34530)
  Location: 39.68968 N, 110.85910 W
  Population (1990): 2148 (1044 housing units)
  Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 84526

from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Helper, UT -- U.S. city in Utah
   Population (2000):    2025
   Housing Units (2000): 925
   Land area (2000):     1.787778 sq. miles (4.630323 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1.787778 sq. miles (4.630323 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            34530
   Located within:       Utah (UT), FIPS 49
   Location:             39.688486 N, 110.857612 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     84526
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Helper, UT
    Helper

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "helper":
      Samaritan, acolyte, adjutant, agent, aid, aide, aide-de-camp,
      aider, ancilla, assistant, assister, associate, attendant,
      auxiliary, backer, befriender, benefactor, benefactress, benefiter,
      best man, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress, coadjutrix, deputy,
      employee, executive officer, follower, good Samaritan, good person,
      help, helping hand, helpmate, helpmeet, inferior, jack-at-a-pinch,
      junior, laborer, lieutenant, ministering angel, ministrant,
      paranymph, paraprofessional, patron, right-hand man, second,
      secondary, servant, sideman, striker, subordinate, succorer,
      supporting actor, supporting instrumentalist, underling,
      understrapper, worker

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