English Explanatory Dictionary

helper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.
  2. That which helps; anything serving to assist.
  3. A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family home, or in a market; domestic employee.
  4. A locomotive that assists a train, usually on steep gradients.
  5. A stimulating pill, especially amphetamine.
name
  1. A city in Carbon County, Utah, United States, which got its name from the practice of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad of attaching helper engines to trains there.
  2. A surname; variant of Halpern or Helfer.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛlpɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-helper.wav

Word forms

helper helpers

Etymology

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

Synonyms

banker

Derived words

domestic helper helper dog helper grade helperless helper T cell helper-up helper verb helper virus mother's little helper oath-helper plumber's helper self-helper T helper cell
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