a person who assists or gives aid and support; helper.
a person who is subordinate to another in rank, function, etc.; one holding a secondary rank in an office or post: He was assistant to the office manager.
something that aids and supplements another.
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
assisting; helpful.
serving in an immediately subordinate position; of secondary rank: an assistant coach.
Origin of assistant
1400–50; late Middle English assistent<Latin assistent- (stem of assistēns, present participle of assistere to assist); see -ent, -ant
Mimi Gehin, a director’s assistant for global production company Stink Films, lives with five other people in a warehouse in East London.
‘It can take on a panopticon effect’: Slack’s presenteeism problem grows with no end in sight for remote work|Lucinda Southern|August 28, 2020|Digiday
That shared trait, he said, may help researchers find a way to get proof assistants to, in some sense, explain themselves.
How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning?|Stephen Ornes|August 27, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Fitbit had more success with the $200 Versa, released in 2018, and last year’s follow up, the Versa 2, which first added the ability to connect with Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa.
Fitbit debuts new smartwatches that track how stressed the owners are|Aaron Pressman|August 25, 2020|Fortune
Jessie Buckley is fantastic as her long-suffering British assistant Rosalyn Wilder and Rufus Sewell is fascinating as Judy’s third husband Sid Luft.
FROM THE VAULTS: Best Actress edition|Brian T. Carney|August 20, 2020|Washington Blade
Hannah Kerner is an assistant research professor at the University of Maryland in College Park.
Too many AI researchers think real-world problems are not relevant|Amy Nordrum|August 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Thankfully, his assistant knows these roads like the back of his hand.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The assistant manager at the A&F store had found Elauf qualified for the position and was apparently going to hire her.
Muslims & Jews Unite vs. Abercrombie & Fitch|Dean Obeidallah|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The pair had argued, and the assistant ceased performing this most onerous of duties.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He grew his talent as an assistant to Penn and Richard Avedon.
From Fashion Player to Photographer Monk|Nina Strochlic|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Robert Kennedy and his Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall brought new energy to the Civil Rights Division.
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights Era|Gary May|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He is a very fair hand at the compasses, and so I have got him here by way of assistant.
Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846|Various
A small appropriation would enable him to employ an assistant who, in a short time, could do equally good work.
The Future of Astronomy|Edward C. Pickering
I had some difficulty in finding an assistant for meteorological observations.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Sven Hedin
He reached New York in 1818, and began his career here as assistant teacher in a commercial school.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life|James D. McCabe
The assistant engineer thought he had been there two or three minutes, at least, waiting for a chance to speak to one of us.
Down South|Oliver Optic
British Dictionary definitions for assistant
assistant
/ (əˈsɪstənt) /
noun
a person who assists, esp in a subordinate position