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English meaning

  • accomplice noun A person who helps someone else commit a crime.
  • acolyte noun In the Catholic Church, a person ordained to the top minor order, tasked with carrying the wine, water and candles at Mass.
  • help verb To provide assistance to someone or something.
  • helper noun A person or thing that provides assistance.
  • henchman noun A loyal follower or subordinate who carries out orders, often without question — frequently used of a villain's or gang leader's helpers.
  • satellite noun A man-made object placed in orbit around Earth or another body, used for communication, navigation, or observation.
  • sidekick noun A close companion or assistant, especially to a more prominent or important person.
  • wizard noun In folklore and fantasy fiction, a man who practices magic; a sorcerer.

Senses

apuri is used for these senses in English:

  • accomplice (rare) A cooperator.
  • acolyte An attendant, assistant, or follower.
  • adjuvant (formal) Someone or (more commonly) something that assists, facilitates, or helps; an aid, an assistant, a helper. [from 16th c.]
  • cat's-paw (figuratively) Someone who acts in another's interest, (properly) unknowingly or through trickery.
  • help Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.
  • helper One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.
  • satellite (now, _, rare) An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman. [from 16th c.]
  • second fiddle (idiomatic) A sidekick or subordinate, or the role of such a person.

acolyte — full definition

  1. noun In the Catholic Church, a person ordained to the top minor order, tasked with carrying the wine, water and candles at Mass.
  2. noun An assistant who helps at the altar during a church service.
  3. noun Someone who attends, helps or follows another person.
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