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assistaunt

assistaunt is the obsolete form 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 assistaunt

pluralassistaunts

Questions about assistaunt

What is assistaunt the obsolete form of?
Assistaunt is the obsolete form of assistant.

Words near assistaunt in the dictionary

  1. assistants
  2. assistantship
  3. assistantships
  4. assistaunce
  5. assistaunces
  6. assistaunt
  7. assistaunts
  8. assisted
  9. assisted dying
  10. assisted living
  11. assisted reproductive technologies

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