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noun

Assistant n.

One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help. "Four assistants who his labor share." "Rhymes merely as assistants to memory."

An attendant; one who is present.

adjective

Assistant adj.

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. "Genius and learning... are mutually and greatly assistant to each other."

(Mil.) Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. (U.S.) Note: In the English army it designates the third grade in any particular branch of the staff.

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"Assistant" Quotes from Famous Books

... to mend, a broken or faulty girth, the stuffing of a saddle which had become lumpy, or a buckle which had torn away. When these were all in order, there was the everlasting "damper" to make. Vaughan volunteered to become assistant cook if Mick would give him lessons in the great ...

— In the Musgrave Ranges • Jim Bushman

... although every effort to induce any of them to converse in it was futile. Lord Dufferin endeavoured to get some of them to talk with him about their studies, but was not successful in extracting from any of them, including a young Indian woman whom Mr. Duncan has placed in the position of an assistant teacher in the school, any more definitely English expression than a simper. Mr. Duncan stated that many of his pupils understood English very well, but were somehow averse to speaking it. The voices ...

— Metlakahtla and the North Pacific Mission • Eugene Stock

... around, he saw a wedge of steel sticking through the side of his ship. He did not know what it was, but he could see right away it didn't have a friendly look; so he hopscotched across the engine-room floor and up a handy ladder to the deck, taking his assistant along in his wake. After rescuing the passengers it took three tugboats to ...

— The U-boat hunters • James B. Connolly

... the earth of the falling of the Mercutian meteors. Satirical comment in the press doubled. There was, indeed, no scientific report of any unusual astronomical phenomena, except from the Harvard observatory the following morning. There Professor Newland's assistant, Professor Brighton, stated he had again observed a new "star"—an interplanetary vehicle, as Professor Newland described it. Only a single one had been observed this time. It was seen just before dawn of ...

— The Fire People • Ray Cummings

... Considerable attention was given to clothing, fresh air, and exercise; and they were bathed once in three weeks. During these three years, from four to six children, and sometimes more, were continually on the sick-list; one or two assistant nurses were necessary; a physician was called, two or three times a week; and, in this time, there were between thirty and forty deaths. At the end of this period, the management was changed, in these respects:—daily ablutions of the whole body were practised; bread ...

— A Treatise on Domestic Economy - For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School • Catherine Esther Beecher

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