AIDER
What does "AIDER" mean?
A person who aids or helps another; a helper.
Meanings
- One who gives aid or assistance to another. The law distinguishes the principal offender from the aider who merely stood watch. formal
Did you know?
- 'Aider' survives mostly in legal English, in the phrase 'aider and abettor' - a pairing of two near-synonyms, one rooted in Latin 'help', the other in 'encourage'.
Word origin
From the verb 'aid' plus the agent suffix '-er'; 'aid' comes via Old French 'aidier' from Latin 'adiutare', a frequentative of 'adiuvare' (to help).
Remember it
AIDER = one who gives AID, with the '-er' that names the doer.
A little poem
No hero's name, no banner and no song-
just the quiet aider holding someone up.
couplet
What it teaches
The aider rarely gets the headline; the hand under the elbow is forgotten before the rescued name is even spoken.
Quick facts
What does AIDER mean?
A person who aids or helps another; a helper.
Is AIDER a valid word?
Yes — AIDER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is AIDER?
AIDER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does AIDER come from?
From the verb 'aid' plus the agent suffix '-er'; 'aid' comes via Old French 'aidier' from Latin 'adiutare', a frequentative of 'adiuvare' (to help).
What can AIDER teach us?
The aider rarely gets the headline; the hand under the elbow is forgotten before the rescued name is even spoken.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.