helper

/ˈhel-pər/

noun

  1. one that helps; especially : a relatively unskilled worker who assists a skilled worker usually by manual labor

noun

  1. a T cell that participates in an immune response by recognizing a foreign antigen and secreting lymphokines to activate T cell and B cell proliferation and that usually carries CD4 molecular markers on its cell surface —called also helper cell, T-helper cell

noun

  1. plunger —called also plumber's friend