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English

Etymology

From assist

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-assistant.ogg


Noun

  1. A person who assists or helps someone else.
  2. (Brit.) sales assistant.
  3. A software tool that provides assistance in some task.


Translations

  • Albanian: {{t+|sq|asistent|m|xs=Albanian}}, {{t+|sq|asistente|f|xs=Albanian}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|assistent|m}}
  • Finnish: assistentti, apulainen, avustaja, aputyöntekijä
  • German: {{t+|de|Assistent|m}}, {{t+|de|Mitarbeiter|m}}, {{t-|de|Helfer|m}}
  • Japanese: 助手 (joshu)
  • Kurdish: {{t+|ku|شاگرد|sc=KUchar}}
  • Polish: asystent
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|ассистент|m|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|ассистентка|f|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|ayudante|m}}
  • Swedish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Assistent|m}}

Adjective

  1. Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.


Translations

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French

Pronunciation


Verb form

assistant

  1. present participle of assister


Category:French present participles

el:assistant fr:assistant gl:assistant io:assistant id:assistant it:assistant ku:assistant lo:assistant hu:assistant ja:assistant ru:assistant fi:assistant ta:assistant te:assistant th:assistant vi:assistant tr:assistant zh:assistant

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Assistant \As*sist"ant\, a. [Cf. F. assistant, p. pr. of
assister.]
1. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
[1913 Webster]

Genius and learning . . . are mutually and greatly
assistant to each other. --Beattie.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Mil.) Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as,
an assistant surgeon. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]

Note: In the English army it designates the third grade in
any particular branch of the staff. --Farrow.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Assistant \As*sist"ant\, n.
1. One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a
means of help.
[1913 Webster]

Four assistants who his labor share. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

Rhymes merely as assistants to memory. --Mrs.
Chapone.
[1913 Webster]

2. An attendant; one who is present. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet 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]
Moby Dictionary
acolyte , adjutant , agent , aid , aide , aide-de-camp , aider , ancilla ,
assistant professor , associate , associate professor , attendant ,
attorney , auxiliary , benefactor , best man , co-worker , coadjutant ,
coadjutor , coadjutress , coadjutrix , deputy , emeritus , employee ,
executive officer , factor , fall guy , flunky , girl Friday , help ,
helper , helpmate , helpmeet , henchman , hired hand , hired man ,
hireling , inferior , instructor , junior , lecturer , lieutenant ,
man Friday , mercenary , minion , myrmidon , paranymph ,
paraprofessional , patsy , pensioner , professor , professor emeritus ,
proxy , reader , retired professor , right-hand man , second ,
secondary , servant , sideman , stooge , striker , subordinate ,
subsidiary , supporting actor , supporting instrumentalist , tutor ,
underling , understrapper , visiting professor , worker , workfellow ,
yokemate


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