See Also: assistant(dictionary)
teaching assistant(dictionary)
shop assistant(dictionary)
sales assistant(dictionary)
personal assistant(dictionary)
assistant professor(dictionary)
assistant 2, noun(dictionary)
assistant 1, adjective(dictionary)
Assistant in dying(health)
Assistant, physician (PA)(health)

assistant (iou)



assistant adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or medieval Latin assistent- pres. ppl stem of assistere: see ASSIST verb, -ANT1, -ENT.]
A. adjective.
Helping, auxiliary, subordinate, (to). LME.
assistant manager, assistant master, assistant mistress, assistant professor, assistant secretary, etc.
Standing by, present, accompanying. L15-L17.
b. noun.
A helper; a supporter; a subordinate worker. LME.
editorial assistant, shop assistant, etc.
A person who is present, a bystander, a participant. L15-M19.
assistancy noun = assistantship E17.
assistantship noun the position or office of an assistant E17.