Assistant

a.	1.	Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. Genius and learning . . . are mutually and greatly assistant to each other. - Beattie.
	2.	(Mil.) Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon.
n.	1.	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.
	2.	An attendant; one who is present.

Noun	1.	assistant - 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" Synonyms: helper, supporter, help
Adj.	1.	assistant - of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another Synonyms: adjunct

acolyte, adjutant, agent, aid, aide, aide-de-camp, aider, ancilla, assistant professor, 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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