someone who acts as assistant
[ Syn: aide ]
auxiliary (n.)
functioning in a supporting capacity; the main library and its auxiliary branches
[ Syn: subsidiary , supplemental , supplementary ]
furnishing added support; an ancillary pump; an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism; The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
[ Syn: accessory , adjunct , ancillary , adjuvant , appurtenant ]