About The Word Assistant
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Assistant
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What's The Definition Of 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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Assistant: adjunct | help | helper | low-level | subordinate | supporter Related Terms | Find terms related to Assistant: acolyte | adjutant | agent | aid | aide | aide-de-camp | aider | ancilla | assistant professor | associate | associate professor | attendant | attorney | auxiliary | benefactor | best man | coadjutant | coadjutor | coadjutress | coadjutrix | co-worker | deputy | emeritus | employee | executive officer | factor | fall guy | flunky | girl Friday | help | helper | helpmate | helpmeet | henchman | hired hand | hired man | hireling | inferior | instructor | junior | lecturer | lieutenant | man Friday | mercenary | minion | myrmidon | paranymph | paraprofessional | patsy | pensioner | professor | professor emeritus | proxy | reader | retired professor | right-hand man | second | secondary | servant | sideman | stooge | striker | subordinate | subsidiary | supporting actor | supporting instrumentalist | tutor | underling | understrapper | visiting professor | worker | workfellow | yokemate 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 Assistant In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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