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assistants

assistants is the plural 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

Phrases with assistants

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Questions about assistants

What is assistants the plural of?
Assistants is the plural of assistant.

Words near assistants in the dictionary

  1. assistant-manage
  2. assistant-managed
  3. assistant-manages
  4. assistant-managing
  5. assistantly
  6. assistants
  7. assistantship
  8. assistantships
  9. assistaunce
  10. assistaunces
  11. assistaunt

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