assistant

pronunciation

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Noun:

a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
Adjective:

of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

Word Origin

assistant (n.): mid-15c., assistent "one who helps or aids another," from Middle French assistent, adjective and noun, properly present participle of assister (see assist (v.)).

assistant (adj.): mid-15c., "helpful, of assistance," from Middle French assistent (see assistant (n.)).

Synonym

n.

associate partner co-worker collaborator Friday hand colleague companion consociate cooperator henchman gopher right acolyte second aide help-meet auxiliary follower sidekick deputy girl adjunct right-hand consort friend helper man confrere comrade attendant helpmate

n.

subordinate coadjutant coadjutor domestic inferior servant underling

Example

1. He was an assistant education secretary under president bush .

2. The assistant whisks away our soup bowls and the untouched salad .

3. Roosevelt became assistant secretary of the navy at 31 but eight years later was struck by polio .

4. Assistant : do you have any special request ?

5. A graduate assistant at yale might earn $ 20000 a year for nine months of teaching .

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