aider
Americannoun
plural
aiders-
a person or thing that offers aid or assistance.
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a small rope ladder used to assist climbers in ascending a rope.
Example Sentences
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With the team's primary medic also injured by rockfall, Kirsty, a back-up first aider with just a one week-long course under her belt, was called into action.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025
“The aider and abettor is legally responsible for the acts of other persons that are the natural and probable consequences of the crime in which he intentionally participated.”
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2019
Also, the report said Moscow lab director Grigory Rodchenkov is “an aider and abettor of the doping activities.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2015
Also, the report said Moscow lab director Grigory Rodchenkov is "an aider and abettor of the doping activities."
From US News • Nov. 9, 2015
He looks half a corpse too, years aider than when I left Dragonstone.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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