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assistant
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[ noun ] (work) a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
Examples "my invaluable assistant" "they hired additional help to finish the work" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)He will be succeeded by Rob_Ledford of Gainesville , who has been an assistant more than three years . (The Dallas Morning News,...)Assistant coach John_Cudmore described victory as `` a good feeling , I think , on the part of the coaches and the players . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)Orvis even needed to hire an assistant , Clark_J._Wait . During summers , business was so brisk that Mrs._Wilcox had two assistants and a messenger . Related terms worker secretary model subordinate attendant aide acolyte accomplice deputy instrument powder_monkey right-hand_man facilitator sidesman hatchet_man prompter girl_Friday event_planner coadjutor labor_coach water_boy whipper-in manikin dresser dental_assistant underboss paraprofessional help support assist |
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[ adjective ] of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
Synonyms Used in print (The New York Times,...)He was there one season before rejoining the Steelers as an assistant coach . ("Editorials"...)In all the bitter in-fighting , the squabbles over election procedures , the complicated numbers_game that East and West played on the assistant secretaries ' theme , the gentleman from Burma showed himself both as a man of principle and a skilled diplomat . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)Operating in 1887 was the `` Valley_Telegraph_Line '' , officers of which were E._C._Orvis , president ; H._K._Fowler , vice-president and secretary ; J._N._Hard , treasurer ; F._H._Walker , superintendent ; H._S._Walker , assistant superintendent . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)His chelas were required to assume the matsyendra posture dressed in hand-woven diapers while he read aloud from Rig-Veda and an assistant guru examined their purses in another room - nothing was stolen ; the purpose was less immediate . Related terms |
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