[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

assistant \assist"ant\, a. cf. f. assistant, p. pr. of
   assister.
   1. helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
      1913 webster

            genius and learning . . . are mutually and greatly
            assistant to each other.              --beattie.
      1913 webster

   2. mil. of the second grade in the staff of the army; as,
      an assistant surgeon. u.s.
      1913 webster

   note: in the english army it designates the third grade in
         any particular branch of the staff. --farrow.
         1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

assistant \assist"ant\, n.
   1. one who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a
      means of help.
      1913 webster

            four assistants who his labor share.  --pope.
      1913 webster

            rhymes merely as assistants to memory. --mrs.
                                                  chapone.
      1913 webster

   2. an attendant; one who is present. --dryden.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

assistant
     adj : of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
           syn: adjunct
     n : 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" syn: helper, help, supporter
see also:
adjunct helper help supporter 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

73 moby thesaurus words for "assistant":
   acolyte, adjutant, agent, aid, aide, aide-de-camp, aider, ancilla,
   assistant professor, associate, 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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