Assistant

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An attendant; one who is present.

II. Assistant ·adj Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

III. Assistant ·adj Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon.

IV. Assistant ·noun One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.

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