assistant

1. a. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. Source: opted

2. a. Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. Source: opted

3. n. One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help. Source: opted

4. n. An attendant; one who is present. Source: opted

5. adj. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another Source: wordnet

6. n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

8. Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistantsurgeon. [U.S.] Source: adambom

9. j:50/n:50 n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose Source: ecdict

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