Assistant
[ə'sɪst(ə)nt] or [ə'sɪstənt]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
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Definition
(a.) Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
(a.) Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon.
(n.) One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.
(n.) An attendant; one who is present.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Coadjutor, helper, aider, co-operator, co-aid, ally, auxiliary, abettor, ADJUTANT, CLERK, right hand man.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Helper, aider, attendant, coadjutor, auxiliary, ally, associate, contributor,partner, confederate
ANT:Hinderer, opposer, rival, foe, antagonist
Editor: Nicolas
Examples
- His labors, however, were interrupt ed by the death of his assistant Flemming, and by his own illness, which proved fatal in 1846, a few months before the actual discovery of Neptune. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I started in to make a number of these lamps, but I soon found that the X-ray had affected poisonously my assistant, Mr. Dally, so that his hair came out and his flesh commenced to ulcerate. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I should not wish a smarter assistant, Mr. Holmes; and I know very well that he could better himself and earn twice what I am able to give him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Candy's assistant, said Betteredge. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I don't know that your assistant is not as remarkable as your advertisement. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then I made inquiries as to this mysterious assistant and found that I had to deal with one of the coolest and most daring criminals in London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He will be no bad assistant when it all comes out. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The young man listened a few minutes, and then handed the receiver to his assistant. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Now it's Mr. Candy's assistant who brings the list to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- With my enfeebled health I do not know whether I shall ever be able to complete it, now that my assistant has been taken from me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- His assistant--a certain Mr. Ezra Jennings--was at our disposal, to be sure. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We can soon see, replied the police officer, and ringing a bell he summoned an assistant to whom he issued a few directions. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Payne put a wire in the binding-post of the battery, the motor started, and an assistant began sawing a heavy oak log. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He would be a valuable acquisition with such an assistant as Nancy, and must (thus Fagin argued) be secured without delay. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The ambassadors of the other nations asked us to take the matter in hand and hasten the assistant keeper to the plant. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Hunger and recent ill-usage are great assistants if you want to cry; and Oliver cried very naturally indeed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I gave him all the assistants and guards he called for. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Few drapers' assistants, as he was once, could have made themselves what he is. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- For several Sundays he walked through different parts of New Jersey with two of his assistants before he decided on Menlo Park. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He next sent a boy to buy a reel of cotton, and told his assistants he was going to see what a carbonized thread would do. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- So I went down to Quogue with one of my assistants and saw there for miles large beds of black sand on the beach in layers from one to six inches thick--hundreds of thousands of tons. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The assistants were paralysed with wonder; the boys with fear. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- As already implied, capable assistants were at the astronomer's command. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- These works were owned by me and my assistants until sold to the Edison General Electric Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Practically all of my assistants have given of their time and skill to the preparation of the work, but the list is too long for individual mention. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- With a full corps of assistants, other teamsters, he would then proceed to get his mules together. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He gave up his workshop in New York and opened a factory and experimenting shop in Newark, New Jersey, where he would have plenty of room for himself and his assistants. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Before the death of Queen Victoria, English shop assistants were being badgered to attend evening classes to learn French. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I was fortunately absent, and she was mollified somehow by my other assistants. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I went down once with my father and two assistants for a little fishing inside Sandy Hook. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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