A person used by another to gain an end.
synonyms: instrument, pawn.
Roget 711:
auxiliary;
recruit;
assistant;
adjuvant,
adjutant;
ayudante†,
coaid†;
adjunct;
help,
helper,
help mate,
helping hand;
midwife;
colleague,
partner,
mate,
confrere,
cooperator;
coadjutor,
coadjutrix†;
collaborator.
ally;
friend
etc.
890,
confidant,
fidus Achates [Lat.],
pal,
buddy,
alter ego.
[criminal law]
confederate;
accomplice;
complice;
accessory,
accessory after the fact;
particeps criminis [Lat.];
socius criminis [Lat.].
aide-de-camp,
secretary,
clerk,
associate,
marshal;
right-hand,
right-hand man,
Friday,
girl Friday,
man Friday,
gopher,
gofer;
candle-holder,
bottle-holder;
handmaid;
servant
etc.
746;
puppet,
cat's-paw,
jackal†.
tool,
dupe,
stooge,
ame damnee [Fr.];
satellite,
adherent.
votary;
sectarian,
secretary;
seconder,
backer,
upholder,
abettor,
advocate,
partisan,
champion,
patron,
friend at court,
mediator;
angel
(theater, entertainment).
friend in need,
Jack at a pinch,
deus ex machina [Lat.],
guardian angel,
tutelary genius.
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Roget 631:
instrumentality;
aid
etc.
707;
subservience,
subserviency;
mediation,
intervention,
medium,
intermedium†,
vehicle,
hand;
agency
etc.
170.
minister,
handmaid;
midwife,
accoucheur [Fr.],
accoucheuse [Fr.],
obstetrician;
gobetween;
cat's-paw;
stepping-stone.
opener
etc.
260;
key;
master key,
passkey,
latchkey;
open sesame;"
passport,
passe-partout,
safe-conduct,
password.
instrument
etc.
633;
expedient
etc.
(plan)
626;
means
etc.
632.
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Dutch: instrument, bokkenpoot, bokkenpootje, bokkepoot, bokkepootje
Polish: narzędzie