accomplice
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someone who helps another person to do something illegal or wrong
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someone who helps an important person and supports their ideas, often without ever criticizing them
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someone whose job is to help a writer, performer, or sports player by finding work for them
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someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you
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working with professional people such as doctors and teachers to help them in their work
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someone whose job is to help another person in their work, for example by doing the easier parts of it
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someone who is employed to help run an office or government department. This word can suggest that you do not like people like this because you think they have too much power and care too much about rules and systems
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someone who makes it possible for someone to continue with behaviour that is bad for them
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someone who supports and travels with an important person such as a military or political leader
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personal assistant: someone whose job is to help a manager by writing business letters, organizing meetings etc
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someone whose job is to help people if their car stops working while they are driving
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someone whose job is to help a manager by writing business letters, organizing meetings etc. A personal assistant is often simply called a PA
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someone or something that helps a system, organization, or person to be strong or to continue to exist
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someone in an office who works for someone else and who does jobs such as arranging meetings, making phone calls, and preparing letters
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someone who helps to organize people at an event such as a football match, a race, or a wedding
another person who can help you to do something
people who come and solve all your problems when you are in difficulties
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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social secretary
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someone whose job is to organize social activities for an important person or an organization