Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section IV. Antagonism
2. Active Antagonism

711. Auxiliary.

   NOUN:AUXILIARY; recruit; assistant; adjuvant, adjutant; ayudante [Sp. Amer.], co-aid; adjunct; help, helper, helpmate, helping hand; colleague, partner, mate, confrère, coöperator; coadjuvant, coadjutant, coadjutator [rare], coadjutor, coadjutrix, collaborator.
  ALLY; friend [See Friend]; confidant (fem. confidante), fidus Achates [L.], alter ego [L.], pal [slang], chum [colloq.], mate, comate.
  aide-de-camp [F.], secretary, clerk, associate, marshal; right-hand, right-hand man; candleholder, bottle-holder [colloq.]; handmaid; servant [See Servant].
  PUPPET, cat’s-paw, creature, jackstraw, tool; jackal; âme damnée [F.]; satellite, adherent; parasite, dependent, client [Rom. hist.].
  CONFEDERATE; complice [archaic], accomplice; accessory, – after the fact; particeps criminis [L.]; socius criminis [L.].
  UPHOLDER; votary; sectarian, sectary; seconder, backer, supporter, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator; angel [slang].
  FRIEND IN NEED, jack at a pinch, special providence, deus ex machinâ [L.], guardian angel, fairy godmother, tutelary genius.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
2. Of every friendless name the friend.—Johnson
3. The best-condition’d and unwearied spirit In doing courtesies.—Merchant of Venice.