Definitions for: Assistant

[n] a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"
[adj] of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

Webster (1913) Definition: As*sist"ant, a. [Cf. F. assistant, p. pr. of
assister.]
1. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

Genius and learning . . . are mutually and greatly
assistant to each other. --Beattie.

2. (Mil.) Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as,
an assistant surgeon. [U.S.]

Note: In the English army it designates the third grade in
any particular branch of the staff. --Farrow.

As*sist"ant, n.
1. One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a
means of help.

Four assistants who his labor share. --Pope.

Rhymes merely as assistants to memory. --Mrs.
Chapone.

2. An attendant; one who is present. --Dryden.

Synonyms: adjunct, help, helper, low-level, subordinate, supporter

See Also: accomplice, acolyte, actor's assistant, aide, attendant, attender, auxiliary, cat's-paw, chief assistant, coadjutor, confederate, dental assistant, deputy, dresser, enforcer, event planner, facilitator, fashion model, girl Friday, hatchet man, instrument, labor coach, lieutenant, man Friday, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model, monitrice, paraprofessional, pawn, poser, powder monkey, prompter, right-hand man, secretarial assistant, secretary, sidesman, tender, theater prompter, water boy, waterer, whipper-in, worker

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