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