Thesaurus: assistant

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1. a. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
2. a. Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon.
3. n. One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.
4. n. An attendant; one who is present.
5. adj. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
6. n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
7. 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. 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.
8. Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistantsurgeon. [U.S.]
9. j:50/n:50 n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose