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assistant

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

as=sis=tant

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7 in 7 verses (in OT : 5 in 5 verses) (in NT : 2 in 2 verses)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun assistant has 1 sense

assistant(n = noun.person) help, helper, supporter - 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"

has particulars: coadjutor, accomplice, confederate, aide, auxiliary, attendant, attender, tender, bat boy, dental assistant, deputy, lieutenant, actor's assistant, dresser, event planner, facilitator, flower girl, girl friday, enforcer, hatchet man, cat's-paw, instrument, pawn, birthing coach, doula, labor coach, monitrice, underboss, fashion model, manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin, model, model, poser, paraprofessional, powder monkey, prompter, theater prompter, chief assistant, man friday, right-hand man, secretarial assistant, secretary, sidesman, foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling, water boy, waterer, whipper-in

is a kind of worker

Derived forms verb assist₂, verb assist₁, adjective assistant₁

Adjective assistant has 1 sense

assistant(s = adj.all) adjunct - of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another; Array

Derived forms verb assist₂, noun assistant₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

assistant, a. [Cf. F. assistant, p. pr. of assister.].

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. [1913 Webster]
"Genius and learning . . . are mutually and greatly assistant to each other." [1913 Webster]
Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. [1913 Webster]
" In the English army it designates the third grade in any particular branch of the staff." Farrow. [1913 Webster]

assistant, n.

One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help. [1913 Webster]
"Four assistants who his labor share." [1913 Webster]

"Rhymes merely as assistants to memory." [1913 Webster]
An attendant; one who is present. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

assistant, n.
1 a helper.
2 (often attrib.) a person who assists, esp. as a subordinate in a particular job or role.
3 = shop assistant.

Etymology

ME assistent f. med.L assistens assistent- present (as ASSIST, -ANT, -ENT)

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THESAURUS

assistant

acolyte, adjutant, agent, aid, aide, aide-de-camp, aider, ancilla, assistant professor, associate, associate professor, attendant, attorney, auxiliary, benefactor, best man, co-worker, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress, coadjutrix, 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

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Auxiliary

N auxiliary, recruit, assistant, adjuvant, adjutant, ayudante, coaid, adjunct, help, helper, help mate, helping hand, midwife, colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator, coadjutor, coadjutrix, collaborator, ally, friend, confidant, fidus Achates, pal, buddy, alter ego, confederate, accomplice, complice, accessory, accessory after the fact, particeps criminis, socius criminis, aide-de-camp, secretary, clerk, associate, marshal, right-hand, right-hand man, Friday, girl Friday, man Friday, gopher, gofer, candle- holder, bottle-holder, handmaid, servant, puppet, cat's-paw, jackal, tool, dupe, stooge, ame damnee, satellite, adherent, votary, sectarian, secretary, seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator, angel (theater, entertainment), friend in need, Jack at a pinch, deus ex machina, guardian angel, tutelary genius.

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