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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Assistant \As*sist"ant\, noun
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Assistant \As*sist"ant\, adjective [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
assistant
adjective: of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another [syn: {adjunct}]
noun: 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" [syn: {helper}, {help}, {supporter}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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