assistant

Definition

  • noun: a person who helps someone
  • noun: a person who 'assists'
  • synonyms: accessory, acolyte, adjutant

Examples

  • a dental 'assistant' [=a person whose job is to help a dentist]

  • She works as a 'sales assistant' [='salesclerk'] at Macy's.

  • a wealthy executive who has a personal 'assistant'

Movie quotes

  • (..) Be you and I behind an arras then, mark the encounter If he love her not, and be not from his reason fallen thereon... ...let me be no assistant for a state, but keep a farm and caners Away, I do beseech you both, away How does my good lord? - Well, god-a-mercy - Do you know me, my lord? (..)
    2015 Hamlet
  • (..) Foul deeds will rise, though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes My necessaries are embarked, farewell And sister, as the winds give benefit and convoy is assistant... ...do not sleep, but let me hear from you - Do you doubt that? I see Prince Hamlet makes a show of love. (..)
    2015 Hamlet