3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assistant \As*sist"ant\, a. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assistant \As*sist"ant\, n.
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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
assistant
adj : of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
[syn: {adjunct}]
n : 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}]
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