jackal
jackal is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions appropriated. [Colloq.] Ld. Lytton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abettor
- accessory
- accomplice
- adherent
- adjunct
- adjutant
- adjuvant
- advocate
- after
- against
- aid
- ally
- alter
- angel
- arm
- assistant
- associate
- auxiliary
- back
- backer
- batman
- beat
- candle
- cater
- caterer
- champion
- clerk
- coadjutor
- coadjutrix
- collaborator
- colleague
- commissariat
- commissary
- complice
- comprador
- confederate
- confidant
- confrere
- cooperator
- court
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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