noun
- Someone who acts as assistant.
- synonyms: aide
adjective
- Functioning in a supporting capacity.
- usage: "the main library and its auxiliary branches"
- synonyms: subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary
- Furnishing added support.
- usage: "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"
- synonyms: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant
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