ayudante

Definitions of ayudante
  1. noun
    a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
    synonyms: asistente, benefactor, bienhechor
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    benefactora, bienhechora
    a woman benefactor
    avalador
    someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else
    dador, donador, donante
    person who makes a gift of property
    samaritano
    a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble
    humanitario
    someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
    liberador, libertador
    someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
    padrino, patrocinador
    someone who supports or champions something
    salvador
    a person who rescues you from harm or danger
    mentor
    a source of help and advice and encouragement
    promotor
    invests in a theatrical production
    donante de sangre
    someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions
    emancipador
    someone who frees others from bondage
    padrino
    a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism
    fiador, garante
    one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
    madrina
    a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
    altruista, altruísta, filántropo
    someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
    contribuyente
    someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
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    buena persona
    a person who is good to other people
  2. noun
    an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
    synonyms: ayudante de campo, edecán
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    oficial
    any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
  3. noun
    a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
    synonyms: auxiliar
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    auxiliar
    someone who acts as assistant
    acompañante, asistente
    someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
    lugarteniente
    an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
    ayudante de camerino
    a wardrobe assistant for an actor
    maniquí, modelo
    a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
    maniquí, modelo
    a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor
    apuntador
    someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech
    factótum, mano derecha
    the most helpful assistant
    secretario
    an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
    subalterno, subordinado
    an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
    persona de compañía
    one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
    botones, mozo
    someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels
    dama de honor
    an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding
    caddie, cadi
    an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player
    cortesano, palaciego, áulico
    an attendant at the court of a sovereign
    escanciador, escanciano
    the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
    guardavidas, socorrista
    an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents
    asistente de hospital
    a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients
    ordenanza
    a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer
    paje de armas, paje de lanzas
    in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
    recepcionista
    a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors
    segundo, segundo de a bordo
    someone who relieves a commander
    servidor, sirviente
    someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else
    secretario particular
    a personal secretary who handles your social correspondence and appointments
    escudero
    young nobleman attendant on a knight
    amanuense, escribiente, estenógrafo, taquimecanógrafo, taquígrafo
    someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
    auxiliar de vuelo
    an attendant on an airplane
    camillero
    one who helps carry a stretcher
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    trabajador
    a person who works at a specific occupation
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