Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that assists; a helper.
- adj. Holding an auxiliary position; subordinate.
- adj. Giving aid; auxiliary.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Standing by; present; accompanying.
- Present to help; helpful; aiding or fitted to aid and support; auxiliary: with to.
- n. One who stands by; a bystander; one who takes part in anything: usually in the plural.
- n. One who stands by to help; one who helps; a helper; an auxiliary; specifically, one who is associated with another as an auxiliary in carrying on some systematic work or undertaking, or in discharging the duties of an office: as, the harbor-master and his assistants; a bookkeeper's assistant.
- n. An official auxiliary to the father-general of the Jesuits. Erroneously called adjutant-general.
- n. [Sp. asistente.] The chief officer of justice at Seville.
- n. In the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, one of the elected councilors who constituted the governor's council and the upper house of the legislature. The number of assistants in the former was eighteen; in the latter, originally five, later seven.
- n. In dyeing, a substance, such as tartaric acid, acetate of lime, or sulphate of soda, added to the dye-bath, to effect a brightening of the color.
- Assisting; hence, subordinate in rank; specifically, as an official designation, occupying the next lower grade: as, an assistant adjutant-general.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
- n. obsolete Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
- n. A person who assists or helps someone else.
- n. UK Sales assistant.
- n. A software tool that provides assistance in some task.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
- adj. (Mil.), U.S. Of the second grade in the staff of the army.
- n. One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.
- n. An attendant; one who is present.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
- n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
Etymologies
- From Middle French assistant, from assister. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“She is currently a term assistant professor of psychology at Barnard College and continues to research dog behavior.”
“The author of "Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell and Know" and a term assistant professor of psychology at Barnard College.”
“Lightman's main assistant is the ever-cheerful Gillian Foster (Williams), whose strength is figuring out why people lie.”
“I am a textile designer, under the title assistant designer at a western wear company.i suggest using Illustrator for creating repeats.”
“In a small district such as that one, the term assistant superintendent means I did a little bit of everything, from transportation, instruction, technology and everything.”
“At the moment when I decide I want a cheque, the assistant is at the back polishing newly washed glasses.”
“If you call when the assistant is away from the desk you'll be sure to reach Mr. van Poopypants directly!”
“In fact, you should call Mr. van Poopypants every day, at 11: 32 AM, when his assistant is allowed to take a three-minute restroom break!”
“Sending cookies to the assistant is also a useful strategy.”
“I send you love and healing my friend, and I think your assistant is adorable. on 09 Feb 2010 at 5: 06 pm Bernadette B. Thanks for posting this Juliet,”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘assistant’.
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EU - Eurovoc - European Communities
AAMS countries, access to Communi..., access to informa..., accession criteria, accession negotia..., accession to an a..., accession to the ..., accession to the ..., ACP countries, ACP-EC Committee ..., ACP-EC Convention, ACP-EC Council and 1088 more...
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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people (good)
nouns for good people / words that describe good people.
go to the bad people list
( people, character, descriptor, noun )philanthropist, angel, environmentalist, activist, advocate, volunteer, hero, parent, friend, virtuoso, gentleman, helper and 62 more...
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The story of a little ant
adamant, coolant, consonant, depressant, assailant, assistant, assonant, pant, rant, abundant, volant, anticipant and 7 more...
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work
director, president, chief, boss, consultant, adviser, assistant, advisor, specialist, manager, employee, counselor and 65 more...
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Ruzuzu's Big Ass List
If you're looking for long s examples, see here.
ass, assess, asshole, basso profondo, basso profundo, crass, assay, mr. ass itch, compass, slag-ass macaroon, brass, class and 41 more...
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INTERP - people and posts
annunciator, assistant, authorizing officer, back-bencher, board member, candidate, chair, chairman, chairperson, clerk of committees, commissioner, committee assistant and 70 more...
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identifiers
species, sex, age bracket, occupation, hobby .. etc.
man, woman, human being, student, zombie, artist, octopus, race driver, scientist, algorithmist, mathematician, child and 59 more...
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Library Reference Desk Words
computer, reference, desk, phone, im, chat, e-mail, catalog, citation, style, transfer, number and 133 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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TN9 Lesson 99
be in, urgent, tip, Guess what!, film, part, assistant, try out for, bargain, boat, boat show, latest and 5 more...
Tweets
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Jubjub Perhaps I should help the bug out? Dec 24, 2009