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assister|əˈsɪstə(r)|
Also 6 assistar; and see assistor.
[f. assist v. + -er1.]
1. He who is present at or takes part in an assembly, ceremony, etc. arch. (Cf. assist v. 4, 4 b.)
1705Stanhope Paraphr. I. 34 The Assisters at this Ceremony. 1728Morgan Algiers i. iii. 68 The numerous assembly of Bishops who are upon record, as assisters at the African Councils. 1853De Quincey Wks. XIV. vii. 206 The lay spectator or assister.
2. He who or that which gives help, or assists in doing something; = assistant n. 2.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 248 That he sould be assistar to that cryme. 1634Massinger Very Wom. ii. iii, You may be a great assister in my ends. 1681Phil. Collect. xii. 23 The natural heat that is..the constant assister of this motion. 1721Swift S. Sea Proj. xxix, We gentlemen are your assisters. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. III. 239 A lover unto whom there is no assister or helper save the morning. |