Definitions for assistant

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assistant as·sis·tant

Spelling: [uh-sis-tuh nt]

IPA: /əˈsɪs tənt/

Assistant is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in assistant (aainssstt).

Definitions for assistant

noun

1. a person who assists or gives aid and support; helper.
2. a person who is subordinate to another in rank, function, etc.; one holding a secondary rank in an office or post:
3. something that aids and supplements another.
4. a faculty member of a college or university who ranks below an instructor and whose responsibilities usually include grading papers, supervising laboratories, and assisting in teaching.

adjective

1. assisting; helpful.
2. serving in an immediately subordinate position; of secondary rank:

Origin of assistant

1400-50; late Middle English assistent Latin assistent- (stem of assistēns, present participle of assistere to assist); see Examples for assistant

The day assistant happened on the report, and was quite scandalized.

Robert Kennedy and his assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall brought new energy to the Civil Rights Division.

The pair had argued, and the assistant ceased performing this most onerous of duties.

He grew his talent as an assistant to Penn and Richard Avedon.

The night assistant sent coffee down to them, and they drank it.

The assistant said I needed him, but, to the best of my recollection, he kneaded me.

Thankfully, his assistant knows these roads like the back of his hand.

The night assistant, who dreamed sometimes of fire, stood nervously by.

He helped me secure the position of assistant in English, and here I am.

The assistant manager at the A&F store had found Elauf qualified for the position and was apparently going to hire her.