ASSISTANTS

Noun

assistants

plural of assistant

Source: Wiktionary


ASSISTANT

As*sist"ant, a. Etym: [Cf. F. assistant, p. pr. of assister.]

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

2. (Mil.)

Definition: 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. Farrow.

As*sist"ant, 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. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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