A person, or company of persons, whose office it is to render help. gen. Assistant; adjutant.

An attendant or assistant to an official, etc.

A deputy or representative; an assistant; a person who works with or helps another. Obsolete.

One who gives help to a person, or aids in the execution of a purpose; a helper, an auxiliary; a promoter; also, a means of help, an aid.

†An underling, subordinate, assistant.

(under-, prefix1 affix 3a(b).)

(under-, prefix1 affix 3a(a).)

An assistant, a helper; an aide.

Ecclesiastical. The name of an order of ministers or officers in the Christian church. figurative.

An assistant or subordinate builder. Also figurative.

A person who occupies a subsidiary position; an assistant, a deputy.

(under-, prefix1 affix 3a(b).)

A person employed to assist in some kind of work; an assistant; spec. a groom's assistant in a stable.

An underling; a subordinate agent; an assistant. (In common use from 1710.)

A person slavishly devoted to another, and willing to carry out onerous (and sometimes disreputable) services on his or her behalf; a puppet; a tool.

A person who holds a bottle; spec. a second (second, n.2 9b) responsible for a contestant's water bottle during a boxing match (now historical).

More generally: an attendant or assistant in some ceremony, operation, or the like; (also) a devoted follower or admirer; a novice or neophyte.

An assistant or confederate of a lower grade, as a bricklayer's labourer (dialect); a familiar, ‘chum’.

the person who works or blows the bellows; hence, figurative a fanner, inciter of strife, etc.; also, an unskilled assistant whose part is merely…

Originally U.S. slang. A companion or close associate; esp. a loyal assistant of a more important or powerful person; (also) a partner in crime, an…

A companion, an assistant, an accomplice; = sidekick, n. 3.

Used allusively of one who acts as a foil or audience, esp. for a detective.

transferred.