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Ass't

Ass't is the abbreviation of assistant.

Meaning of assistant

Noun

assistant (plural assistants)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
    • a woman of great authority, having first yeelded an accompt unto her Citizens, and shewed good reasons why she was resolved to end her life, earnestly entreated Pompey to be an assistant at her death, that so it might be esteemed more honourable[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. A person who assists or helps someone else.
  3. (UK) Sales assistant.
  4. A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.
    Synonyms:
    wizard

See all 6 meanings of assistant

Forms of Ass't

pluralAss'ts

Questions about Ass't

What is Ass't the abbreviation of?
Ass't is the abbreviation of assistant.

Words near Ass't in the dictionary

  1. ass to mouth
  2. ass'n
  3. ass'n.
  4. ass'ns
  5. ass's-ear abalone
  6. Ass't
  7. ass-backward
  8. ass-backwards
  9. ass-beating
  10. ass-blast
  11. ass-blasted

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