assistant
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
assistant/əˈsɪstənt/
▶noun
- 1 a person who ranks below a senior person.
- 2 a person who helps in particular work.
'assistant' also found in these Oxford entries:
acolyte
- adjunct
- adjutant
- aide
- aide-de-camp
- altar boy
- amanuensis
- ASM
- assistant professor
- Asst
- attendant
- best boy
- bulldog
- clerk
- coadjutor
- croupier
- curate
- devil
- famulus
- house officer
- instructor
- intern
- Levite
- mate
- miss
- PA
- PDA
- personal assistant
- pro-vice-chancellor
- right hand
- right-hand man
- salesgirl
- second officer
- secretary
- shop assistant
- sidekick
- sidesman
- suffragan
- toady
- tutor
- undersecretary
- understrapper
- usher
- whipper-in
