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benefactress

a woman benefactor

bondsman, bondswoman

someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else

bestower, conferrer, donor, giver, presenter

person who makes a gift of property

donor

(medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)

fairy godmother

a generous benefactor

good Samaritan

a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble

do-gooder, humanitarian, improver

someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms

liberator

someone who releases people from captivity or bondage

accommodator, obliger

someone who performs a service or does a favor

offerer, offeror

someone who presents something to another for acceptance or rejection

patron, sponsor, supporter

someone who supports or champions something

provider

someone who provides the means for subsistence

deliverer, rescuer, savior, saviour

a person who rescues you from harm or danger

sparer

someone who refrains from injuring or destroying

uncle

a source of help and advice and encouragement

christ, messiah

any expected deliverer

abnegator

one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something

almsgiver

a person who gives alms

angel, backer

invests in a theatrical production

blood donor

someone who gives blood to be used for transfusions

emancipator, manumitter

someone who frees others from bondage

godfather

someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild

godparent

a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism

guarantor, surety, warranter, warrantor

one who promises to pay back a borrower's debt if in the event of a default on a loan

Indian giver

an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you

organ donor

someone from whom an organ is taken for transplantation

patroness, patronne

a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron

altruist, philanthropist

someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being

settlor, trustor

(law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee

contributor, subscriber

someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money

subsidiser, subsidizer

someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy

tipper

a person who leaves a tip

pillar of strength, tower of strength

a person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort

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good person

a person who is good to other people

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coadjutor

an assistant to a bishop

accomplice, confederate

a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

aide, auxiliary

someone who acts as an assistant

attendant, attender, tender

someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

bat boy

(baseball) a boy who takes care of bats and other baseball equipment

dental assistant

an assistant to a dentist

deputy, lieutenant

an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent

actor's assistant, dresser

a wardrobe assistant for an actor

event planner

someone who plans social events as a profession (usually for government or corporate officials)

facilitator

someone who makes progress easier

flower girl

a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession

girl Friday

a female assistant who has a range of duties

enforcer, hatchet man

one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior

cat's-paw, instrument, pawn

a person used by another to gain an end

birthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice

an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes

underboss

an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)

fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model

a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

model, poser

a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

paraprofessional

a trained worker who is not a member of a profession but who assists a professional

powder monkey

someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship)

prompter, theater prompter

someone who assists a performer by providing the next words of a forgotten speech

chief assistant, man Friday, right-hand man

the most helpful assistant

secretarial assistant, secretary

an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

sidesman

(Church of England) an assistant to the churchwarden; collects offerings of money in the church

foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling

an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

water boy, waterer

an assistant who supplies drinking water

whipper-in

huntsman's assistant in managing the hounds

companion

one paid to accompany or assist or live with another

artist's model, sitter

a person who poses for a painter or sculptor

associate

a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise

baggageman

an attendant who takes care of baggage

batman

an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer

bellboy, bellhop, bellman

someone employed to carry luggage and run errands in a hotel

bottom dog

a person of low status

bridesmaid, maid of honor

an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding

caddie, golf caddie

an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player

checker

an attendant who checks coats or baggage

cog

a subordinate who performs an important but routine function

courtier

an attendant at the court of a sovereign

cupbearer

the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine

decoy, steerer

a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)

dressmaker's model

someone who models dresses

equerry

a personal attendant of the British royal family

escort

an attendant who is employed to accompany someone

esquire

(Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood

executive secretary

a secretary having administrative duties and responsibilities

famulus

a close attendant (as to a scholar)

gillie

a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief

groomsman

a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding

lifeguard, lifesaver

an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents

linkboy, linkman

(formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets

loader

an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game

man

a male subordinate

matron of honor

a married woman serving as the attendant to the bride at a wedding

nurse's aide, nursing aide

someone who assists a nurse in tasks that require little formal training

hospital attendant, orderly

a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients

orderly

a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer

page, varlet

in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood

page

a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings

legal assistant, paralegal

a person with specialized training who assists lawyers

paramedic, paramedical

a person trained to assist medical professionals and to give emergency medical treatment

photographer's model

a model who poses for photographers

racker

an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack

receptionist

a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors

rocker

an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle

second

the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match

second banana, second fiddle

someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role

second-in-command

someone who relieves a commander

servitor

someone who performs the duties of an attendant for someone else

social secretary

a personal secretary who handles your social correspondence and appointments

squire

a young nobleman attendant on a knight

gallant, squire

a man who attends or escorts a woman

amanuensis, shorthand typist, stenographer

someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)

flight attendant, steward

an attendant on an airplane

litter-bearer, stretcher-bearer

one who helps carry a stretcher

supermodel

a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity

trainbearer

one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion

vicar-general

(Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop

vice-regent

a regent's deputy

arouser, rouser, waker

someone who rouses others from sleep

valet

someone employed to park and retrieve cars

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worker

a person who works at a specific occupation