substitute
fill-in
reliever
backup
backup man
relief
stand-in
replacement
alternate
surrogate
resister
obstructionist
bane of someone's existence
obstructer
obstructor
thwarter
artful dodger
bane of someone's life
brinksman
hooligan
bad news
king of the castle
opportunivore
optant
shit disturber
busybody
votary
hazarder
risker
firecracker
snarer
stormy petrel
hostage
confronter
bunny boiler
hardballer
pawer
faintheart
incompetent
toucher
incompetent person
jackal
opportunist
pinch-hit
acceptee
wrecker
schlemiel
promisor
sensationalist
repulser
thruster
pusher
snookered
undertaker
fair game
LARPer
target
invoker
warhorse
tough
quarry
interferer
dead duck
prisoner
adapter
prey
orphan
nark
provokee
attendant
marplot
hardhead
compulsive
attender
buster
coexperiencer
prostitutor
intercourser
tender
loose cannon
fakester
psycho
affecter
enemy
persecutor
transitionist
phony
sider
walkover
vier
interrer
detransitioner
hummer
rogue elephant
den mother
embattled
infallible
skirmisher

English words for 'someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)'

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