Usually means: Assistant or helper in tasks.
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  1. handlanger: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Handlanger, handlanger: Wiktionary
  3. handlanger: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (handlanger)

noun:  (South Africa) An unskilled assistant to an artisan.
noun:  (South Africa, figuratively) An aide, an assistant.
noun:  (military, historical) A low-ranking artillery soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Handlanger. [(military, historical) A low-ranking artillery soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army.]

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