assistant Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
help; helper; supporter.
- my invaluable assistant
- they hired additional help to finish the work
adjective satellite of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
adjunct.

Cf. F. assistant, p. pr. of assister.

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
Genius and learning . . . are mutually and greatly assistant to each other. Beattie.
(Mil.) Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. U.S. ✍ In the English army it designates the third grade in any particular branch of the staff. Farrow.

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.
An attendant; one who is present. Dryden.