assistant

Etymology

From Middle French assistant, from assister.

adj

  1. Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
    an assistant surgeon
  2. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
    Genius and learning […] are mutually and greatly assistant to each other. 1790, James Beattie, Elements of Moral Science

noun

  1. (obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
  2. A person who assists or helps someone else.
  3. (Britain) Sales assistant.
  4. A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.

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