BEOLINGUS
Dictionary - TU Chemnitz

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Handlanger {m}; Gehilfe {m}; Schackl {m} [Ös.] [pej.] pensionary; hireling

Handlanger {pl}; Gehilfen {pl}; Schacklen {pl} pensionaries; hirelings

ihre politischen Handlanger their political hirelings

Handlanger sein {v} to fetch and carry

jds. Befehlsempfänger {m}; Anhängsel {m}; Marionette {f}; Handlanger {m} [pej.] sb.'s poodle [fig.]

politische Befehlsempfänger political poodles