Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An academic position that carries a stipend and usually involves part-time teaching or research, given to a qualified graduate student.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or position of assistant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
occupation of being an assistant. - noun A
position of employment as an assistant.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Each SPGRA will comprise of a nine-month contract for the academic year for the student and a three-year term assistantship starting in the fall.
The Rebel Yell 2010
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Each SPGRA will comprise of a nine-month contract for the academic year for the student and a three-year term assistantship starting in the fall.
The Rebel Yell 2010
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Each SPGRA will comprise of a nine-month contract for the academic year for the student and a three-year term assistantship starting in the fall.
The Rebel Yell 2010
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No longer an 'apprentice,' swayed or, at least, influenced by the masters who had gone before him, he has here given us the first-fruits of his 'assistantship' in a work which expresses his own musicianly feelings, and in which we get our first glimpse of his true genius.
Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham
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Mr. Jiang apparently was still a graduate student on a teaching / research "assistantship" with Simon Fraser University, as of the 10-K filing date March 31, 2008.
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There is very little incentive for them to apply for a graduate research assistantship that pays $20,000 per year.
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I have a pitiful health insurance plan through the university, but my research assistantship ends in August and I will have no more insurance (though I am required to, so I will have to pay for it myself, despite having no job).
King: Uninsured 23-year-old battles leukemia, medical bills 2009
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With her parents' support, Iris returned briefly to the University of Illinois before winning an assistantship in John Hopkins's writing program.
Hard Work, True Grit Mary Kissel 2011
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Congratulations on being admitted to the program and to getting the assistantship.
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I got a teaching assistantship and will be making way less money.
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